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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Edna, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We at ATHEN are currently developing a series of surveys
that will help to answer your questions. Our goal is to identify the state of AT
and IT accessibility in higher education, including where the responsibilities
tend to lie within institutions. In fact, your email may provide the survey team
with just the motivation needed to finalize the survey instrument! Right, team?
Thanks, Edna, for the nudge. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Meanwhile, we conducted a similar survey in 2004. The
tabulated data is available here: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://staff.washington.edu/tft/athen/index.html">http://staff.washington.edu/tft/athen/index.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>And a summary article </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>was published in
the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Research Bulletin in 2005, and
is available here: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=666&ID=ERB0512&bhcp=1">http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=666&ID=ERB0512&bhcp=1</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>With one exception all of the responses in the 2004 survey
were from the U.S. With the upcoming survey we'll be more actively pursuing
international participation, particularly from Canada and the UK.
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=140284414-24052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Terry</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Enda P
Guinan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Access
Technologists in Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Athen]
Advice for colleague in Ireland<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Thanks Daniel,<BR><BR>I might not have expressed myself clearly
enough, I think.<BR><BR>We have an established AT service so we're OK on the
software etc needed, but we need to make a case for institution-wide changes
in the way our service is delivered. UCD is one of the largest colleges in
Ireland (30,000 students), so would not be suitable as a
comparison.<BR><BR>I'm looking for advice from a small institute (fewer than
10,000 students), probably in the US or UK, who may already have the kinds of
facilities I described in the first email, namely,<BR><BR>a) AT software
installed centrally rather than locally.<BR>b) AT software installation and
maintenance mainstreamed as part of Computer Services rather than by the
Disability Service and<BR>c) An alt format system in place perhaps in
conjunction with the library.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Enda<BR><BR>12:44
24/05/2007, you wrote:<BR>
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urn:content-classes:message<BR><BR><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Good Morning
Enda,<BR> <BR>One of your best resources in the UK is fellow ATHEN
member E.A Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this year).
<BR> <BR>In Ireland proper I recommend contact Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin:
<A
href="http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html">http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html</A><BR>Ted
is well versed in many areas of AT and runs a proper lab that may fulfill
your demonstration needs. <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Cheers --- Dann</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times" color=#000080>
<BR>========================= <BR>Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director
<BR>Boston University Office of Disability Services <BR>19 Deerfield Street,
2nd floor <BR>Boston, MA 02215 <BR> <BR>(617) 353-3658 (office)
<BR>(617) 353-9646 (fax) <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2><A
href="mailto:djbrky@bu.edu">djbrky@bu.edu</A></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times" color=#000080>(eMail) <BR></FONT><FONT
color=#000080 size=2><A
href="http://www.bu.edu/disability">www.bu.edu/disability</A></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times" color=#000080><BR> <BR>
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<DIV align=center></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [<A href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org"
eudora="autourl"> mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Enda P Guinan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Access Technologists in Higher Education
Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] Advice for colleague in
Ireland<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR>Hello
ATHENians,<BR><BR>Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard
evidence!<BR><BR>I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University
of Ireland, Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in Boulder, CO
last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited
to meet our college president and computer services to discuss our
needs.<BR><BR>Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better
integration of alt format production with the library, computer services to
accept a greater role in the provision of assistive technology on campus,
documented policy on the college production of digital documents etc
etc).<BR><BR>However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to
listen to my big dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar
sized institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these
things realities.<BR><BR>A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time
students and maybe 2,000 part time students. It has three faculties: Arts,
Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology
Centre with 15 networked PCs open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and
some part time student trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology
Room in the library. Supports for students with disabilities comes largely
from funding from the European Union rather than the university's core
budget. <I>All software on campus is installed locally. </I>There is
goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly)
seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust
enough to use as leverage. <BR><BR>So, any similar-sized institutions out
there willing to give me advice on the following?:<BR>1. Are there similar
colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration, Dragon etc installed
on a central server? <BR>2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a
more active role in the installation and troubleshooting on such
packages?<BR>3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that
is not solely the responsibility of disability services?<BR><BR><BR>Sorry if
this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can
help!<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR><BR>Enda<BR><BR><BR><BR><B>Enda P
Guinan<BR></B></FONT>Assistive Technology Advisor<BR>Access Office<BR>NUI
Maynooth<BR><BR>P: +353 1 708 4654<BR>F: +353 1 708 3838<BR>E:
enda.guinan@nuim.ie <BR>W: <A href="http://access.nuim.ie/"
eudora="autourl">http://access.nuim.ie</A>
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