Development of the Taha Hussein Library
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Alexandria, 16 June 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has recently adopted an overall strategy for the development of the Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, involving an expansion of the reading area and number of computers. In this context, the Library has been relocated from the third basement floor (B3) to the main entrance floor (E) so as to facilitate accessibility for its visitors whose number is constantly growing.
BA Chief Librarian, Dr. Sohair Wastawy announced that the Taha Hussein Library is a new concept, opening new horizons for the blind and the visually impaired enabling them to access all the resources of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina as well as the resources on the Internet, thus creating a new generation of blind individuals capable of facing the new digital age and able to cope with new information technologies. Dr. Wastawy added that the blind, visually impaired and deafblind use the services provided by the BA: ten PCs, Scanners, Braille Printers, Braille displays, Braille (keyboard), magnifiers for low vision readers and cassette recorders. She finally pointed out that the number of computers currently present in the Taha Hussein Library will soon rise to be 30.