Cost or Benefit? A Review of the Consumer Federation of America's Report on Regulating Special Access Services

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
George S. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Access Services

Increasing diversity in research through dedicated language access services

2021 ◽  
pp. 106439
Author(s):  
By Sadie Gabler ◽  
Amanda Barrios ◽  
Sariah Kakishita ◽  
Diana Cufino ◽  
Caren J. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Language Access ◽  
Language Access Services ◽  
Access Services

scholarly journals What does a library accessibility specialist do? How a new role advances accessibility through education and advocacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Rosen
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Job Titles ◽  
Print Materials ◽  
Access Services

Across North America, academic librarians are quietly converting print materials into accessible files, testing databases for usability, and applying principles of universal design to services, spaces, and instruction. Most of us do this work under unassuming job titles like director of access services or humanities librarian. But a few of us occupy new positions explicitly devoted to library accessibility.

scholarly journals Spatial Heterogeneous Characteristics of Ridesharing in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region of China

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Ma ◽  
Biying Yu ◽  
Meimei Xue
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Environmental Influence ◽  
Travel Pattern ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Service Demand ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Construction Condition ◽  
Access Services ◽  
Bth Region

Ridesharing is becoming popular in many cities in China where transportation alternatives are easily accessible. Individuals typically access services by smartphone app developed by ridesharing company to join a trip offered by other private vehicle’s drivers who share same or geographically close destination. However, there are some internal differences within this region indicating the service heterogeneity of ridesharing. In order to discover this regional heterogeneity, this paper chooses Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region as research target and uses BTH regional ridesharing data provided by DiDi Chuxing Company. Then, this paper conducts an in-depth study by summarizing the travel pattern characteristics and evaluating the environmental impacts that result from individuals participating in ridesharing services. Lifecycle analysis of fuel and environmental input–output are applied to estimate the direct and indirect environmental impact separately. The results reveal heterogeneous spatial heterogeneous of ridesharing, including travel pattern and environmental influence caused by service demand and supply, which results from the unbalance of regional development and infrastructure construction condition of the transportation system, and other travel behavior differences.

scholarly journals Assessing Sufficiency and Quality of Bandwidth for Public Libraries

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Carlo Bertot ◽  
Charles R. McClure
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Study ◽  
Telecommunications Services ◽  
Access Services ◽  
Networked Services

Based on data collected as part of the 2006 Public Libraries and the Internet study, the authors assess the degree to which public libraries provide sufficient and quality bandwidth to support the library’s networked services and resources. The topic is complex due to the arbitrary assignment of a number of kilobytes per second (kbps) used to define bandwidth. Such arbitrary definitions to describe bandwidth sufficiency and quality are not useful. Public libraries are indeed connected to the Internet and do provide public-access services and resources. It is, however, time to move beyond connectivity type and speed questions and consider issues of bandwidth sufficiency, quality, and the range of networked services that should be available to the public from public libraries. A secondary, but important issue is the extent to which libraries, particularly in rural areas, have access to broadband telecommunications services.

scholarly journals Changing demographics in Hamilton may leave the kids behind

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle E. Diplock
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Social Planning ◽  
Youth Services ◽  
Geographic Disparity ◽  
Niagara Escarpment ◽  
Major Form ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
The City ◽  
Access Services

This paper addresses the stark geographic disparity that youth in Hamilton face when trying to access services. There is a high number of youth services concentrated in the inner and lower city, but this does not seem poised to meet the changing demographics and needs of the city of Hamilton. Gentrification and community uplift have started in the lower city, and as such, having a majority of youth services located in the downtown presents a major form of disconnection. This is especially shown as youths living in poverty begin to be pushed out of the lower city and into the inner suburbs on top of the Niagara Escarpment—a place that is geographically cut off from the rest of the city. This paper examines these issues and presents recommendations, to help youth and the City of Hamilton address this disconnection as Hamilton experiences unprecedented growth and development, which may leave the youth behind. Key words: An article on social planning and youth programing in Hamilton, Ontario, used the key words: Hamilton; youth services; gentrification; access.

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