1. 1 Reveal: uncovering collections for the visually impaired community Ann Chapman UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY UKOLN is supported by: Email a.d.chapman@ukoln.ac.uk URL http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

2. 2 VIPs and VI community Anywhere, any age, any ability Purpose – leisure, work, study Tactile, audio, large print and electronic Production and loans – commercial, voluntary, education Operate at distance No national structure

3. 3 Re-use or design new? Existing options RSLP MS-Access database Cornucopia – museums database New database Accessibility Additional fields Partner editing SQL database

4. 4 Requirements Use existing standard – RSLP schema Distributed data entry - authentication Web resource accessible by VIPs Keystroke functionality Avoid lengthy linear presentations Host housekeeping data

5. 5 RSLP Schema Review of RSLP elements A few elements added Partner details Reveal housekeeping Unfriendly labels changed Accrual status, Access control Physical characteristics Retain all existing elements for future use

6. 6 Collection data Title, description, stock levels Language, audience, available media User charges and eligibility criteria Subject

7. 7 Relationships data Sub and super collections RNIB – Braille, Talking Books, Cassette NLB – Braille, Moon, music scores, large print, Unseen History Catalogue details, links to OPACs

8. 8 Administrative data Collection owner details Customer service details Reveal information Partner number - authentication Adds records to union database Notifies Intention to Transcribe (NIT) Permission to transcribe process

9. 9 Accessibility User configuration using browser Default settings – background and font Keystroke operation as well as mouse Alt text for buttons Field label rollover text accessible Linear display - drop down boxes in data entry - number of hits, display in sets of 10 - help pages, contents at top, links back

10. 10 Demonstration Reveal Collections Register Database complete Data entry - first entry for NLB - awaiting data from other organisations Launch planned for June 2002