Contents of the Ergonomics Literature Notebooks

If you are interested in any of the items listed, contact your representative to the Ergonomics Committee/Coordinators or contact the chair of the Ergonomics Committee.

1. "Ergonomics and VDT use" -- the Ergonomics Committee's blue card

2. "Healthy choices/safety workshops for VDT operators" -- by Columbia's Office of Environmental Health and Safety

3. "Working safely with video display terminals" -- a 1991 OSHA publication

4. "Epidemic at the computer: hand and arm injuries" by Jane E. Brody; from the New York Times, March 3, 1992

5. "Personal health" by Jane E. Brody; from the New York Times, March 4, 1992

6. "The application of ergonomic principles to VDT workstations" by Judith L. Bube; from Technicalities, 1986

7. "What, exactly, is carpal tunnel syndrome?" by Thomas W. Ricks; from C&RL News, 1992

8. "Fitness at work" by Robin Schatz; from Staying alive: Newsday's guide to health and fitness, May 1993

9. "Controlling glare problems in the VDT work environment" by L.M. Schleifer and S.L. Sauter; from Library Hi Tech

10. "What do we know about the possible health risks of electromagnetic fields?" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1991

11. "Your guide to understanding EMF--electric and magnetic fields"; Culver Company, 1991

12. Magnetic field strengths, a one-page chart

13. "Tone up at the terminals" by Denise Austin; an exercise guide

14. Eye exercises, a one-page list

15. Citation for American National Standard for Human Factors Engineering of Visual Display Terminals; 1988; copies of this 90 page publication may be borrowed from Rob Castro

16. Ergonomics Exercises from the "VDT Comfort" Videos

17. Back-wise: ways to a healthy back

18. Ten questions everyone asks: are you back smart?

19. Manual lifting basics