[nfb-talk] Blind Intern Helps with Archives

[David Andrews]

>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I received this message from my friend Sierra, who was a national
>scholarship winner this year.  I have pasted it below.
>
>* * *
>
>As most of you know, I have spent the last two summers interning at
>the National Archives in the Office of Presidential Libraries. Last
>summer, while doing research for the anniversary of the Americans with
>Disabilities act of 1990, I discovered NARA did not have a digital
>copy of the ADA. Surprised that this landmark legislation was missing,
>I talked to my supervisor about adding a copy to the library's digital
>catalog. That one conversation has grown into a web resource featuring
>a variety of records relating to Americans with disabilities from all
>of the Presidential Libraries. The resource went live this week on
>NARA's website at:
>http://www.archives.gov/research/americans-with-disabilities/
>You should check it out. There are over 50 records ranging from Helen
>Keller's letters to  President Hoover to photos of the dinner
>President Clinton gave to honor the Special Olympics. I especially
>like the Braille letter a 13 year old boy sent to President
>Eisenhower.
>
>
>The resource was designed with accessibility in mind. For example,
>each textual document has a corresponding transcript. If, while
>looking around the page, you find any problems please let me know in
>the next two weeks so I can work on getting them fixed before I leave
>Washington D.C.
>
>
>One last thing, the Archives is really promoting the site this week on
>social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Please check out
>the National Archives Facebook/Twitter pages and help us get the word
>out about this cool resource.
>
>
>Thank you,
>Sierra
>
>--
>Julie McG
>  Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind
>of Missouri recording secretary,
>Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
>and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind
>
>"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>life."
>John 3:16
>
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