A Hazy View: Notes from a Visually Impaired Professor

Abstract

on a small plastic card that has to be put into a micro reader. Ordinarily, most people have no problem reading the print, but unfortunately, the screens on some of these readers lean at a particular angle, making them impossible for me to read. As a result, I am restricted to the few readers which I can still use. Even after finding the required reference number, I have to wander around the shelves with my nose up to the jour nals or books, trying to locate the volume in question. Once the right material has been found, a second problem arises: should I read it? Sometimes I ask somebody to look through a potentially interesting arti cle or book and tell me whether it is worth my while to read it. This is usually helpful; however, I am forced to wait for the work to be done. I have recently found that placing a transparent