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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please forgive cross-posts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>***<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has recently released a Web site on accessibility at ARL libraries:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://accessibility.arl.org/">http://accessibility.arl.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The site includes resources and promising practices, as well as a link (see below) to the background for ARL’s accessibility initiative. This background document, the <i>Report of the ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities</i>, presents a very well-documented case for the need for library involvement in accessibility:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/print-disabilities-tfreport02nov12.pdf" title="ARL Joint Task Force White Paper"><span style='color:#993300;text-decoration:none'>2012 Report of the ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disability</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Personally, I have always been very impressed with librarians, and I am overjoyed to see the libraries beginning to take an active interest in accessibility. Having them as part of our accessibility team is an enormous step forward!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I would like to encourage all of you to share the ARL Web site with your college libraries and, if appropriate, to enter a discussion with your chief librarian and library staff about how they can become part of the accessibility solution on campus. The recent court cases with the Hathi Trust show that the libraries can take a leadership role in creating access to resources that formally provided little benefit to students with print disabilities because of the inaccessible format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Not sure why the Hathi Trust case is important? Consider attending the AHEAD conference, July 14-19, 2014, in Sacramento, CA. A number of us will be including information on the Hathi Trust in our presentations. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>California Community Colleges<br>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br><a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><span style='color:blue'>www.htctu.net</span></a> <br>408-996-6047</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to schedule a site visit, training, or phone consultation, please contact HTCTU Secretary, Jasper Haze at <a href="mailto:jhaze@htctu.net"><span style='color:blue'>jhaze@htctu.net</span></a> or 408-996-4636; to ensure that priority e-mails are seen, please copy Jasper on important and time-sensitive matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>