[Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits

[Berkowitz, Daniel J]

Works for me --- I'll let Ron and Gaeir do all the talking and when people want to know how to join I will be available.
 
BTW -- attention all ATHEN members. Many of you have renewed memberships and all should be hearing from me soon regarding your membership status and such. I had meant to get to this during the past two weeks (post-commencement and pre-vacation) but our numbers of students taking summer courses has been staggering! I want my quiet summers back!!!
 
 
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Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director 
Boston University Office of Disability Services 
19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor 
Boston, MA 02215 
  
(617) 353-3658 (office) 
(617) 353-9646 (fax) 
djbrky at bu.edu <mailto:djbrky at bu.edu>  (eMail) 
www.bu.edu/disability 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org on behalf of Howard Kramer
Sent: Thu 5/31/2007 4:12 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits



Ron, Dan B., Gaeir, et al,

 

I will correct as indicated and also correct the year of founding of ATHEN. I'm also going to add you three as panelists to the presentation I sent out on ATHEN, information resources & networking. Let me know if that's a problem for any of you.

 

Thanks,

Howard

 

Howard Kramer
Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator
AT Conference Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder, 107 UCB
Boulder, Co  80309
303-492-8672

 

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:48 AM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits

 

One minor correction

 

Ron

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:28 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] Discription of ATHEN & Benefits

 

Ron, et al,

 

Let me know if you have any objections or suggestions regarding the following comments about ATHEN:

 

 

Most universities and colleges face the same, or at least similar, issues regarding access and accommodations to information resources and technology for students with disabilities. However, because of the specialization of Assistive Technology and access issues, many campuses spend significant time reinventing the wheel or floundering around for solutions from a variety of resources.

 

Because of the lack of availability of intra-campus networking on access and AT issues, a group of campus access specialists formed ATHEN (Access Technologists in Higher Education Network), a network of access professionals from across the country (some members are located in Canada & Great Britain). Since its founding in the Spring of 2002, ATHEN has shared information and worked on developing resources for best practices through a variety of strategies: personal networking via a listserv; periodic meetings at national conferences; participation and sponsorship of an annual AT conference; development of a Web page and journal; networking & collaborative projects with other organizations such as ATIA and Educause.

 

As a result, ATHEN members have been able to more effectively share and disseminate best practices and approaches related to access in the post-secondary setting. ATHEN has also been successful in working with organizations to address issues related to campus access, such as standards for e-text production, accessibility of campus-wide information products, etc.

 

 

Other post-secondary institutions can benefit from learning about some of the resources available through ATHEN and other networks and electronic resources by attending this session and/or participating in the ATHEN network.

 

Howard Kramer
Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator
AT Conference Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder, 107 UCB
Boulder, Co  80309
303-492-8672