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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I generated a “Key Quotes” list from the 2012 ARL report to share with our campus Tech Access Committee and the UMass Libraries. The quotes are pasted below if you’d like to have a look.
The quotes seem to be “library-centric”, but many of them can be applied to any campus-wide Tech Access initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">UMass Amherst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">eveleigh@umass.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">techaccess » Forums » Discussion Forum » ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here are links and some key quotes (with emphasis/bold added) from the ARL report we discussed at our meeting last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Press Release (November 5, 2012) - The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the report of its Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Report: </span>
<a href="http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/print-disabilities-tfreport02nov12.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/print-disabilities-tfreport02nov12.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "The growing demand for instructional e-content and burgeoning digital library collections
<b>requires greater collaboration amongst all institutional partners, including academic leadership, research libraries, disability services, and information technology services</b>. These partners
<b>should share knowledge, define roles, and become knowledgeable about print disabilities</b>, in order to effectively serve users, to meet the requirements of federal and provincial law, to fulfill mission, and to move the market."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "Whereas in the past, institutional offices of disability services were the primary facilitators of access to needed research resources and instructional materials, increasingly, the
<b>digital environment requires research libraries to be full partners with disability services offices and IT departments</b> to ensure that these electronic resources, when acquired, are fully accessible..."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "There is a
<b>growing sense of urgency</b> regarding how best to effectively address these technology-based accessibility challenges... The
<b>common practice today is to “fix after the fact,”</b> either through scanning and editing printed materials as needed or retrofitting an online service or product well after adoption. This
<b>approach is costly</b> for both the library and the institution, and it is <b>
not fully effective</b> for individuals with disabilities. Moreover, this approach
<b>does not scale to the digital environment</b>. <b>New strategies are required.</b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "While <b>
publishers</b>, database <b>vendors</b>, and device <b>manufacturers</b> <b>are not subject to federal and provincial accessibility law</b> in their role as providers,
<b>libraries are subject to these laws</b> and should demand the necessary design elements to serve the print disabled and all patrons equitably."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "<b>Accessibility and universal design considerations should be integrated into the library’s technology planning and procurement processes.</b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "<b>Accessibility should be a central decision factor in choosing information products and services</b>…
<b>Universal</b> <b>accessibility should be embedded in future licensed and acquired products and services</b>..."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "<b>E-book accessibility may involve as many as three different considerations</b>: the accessibility of the
<b>content</b>, the accessibility of the reading <b>platform</b>, and the accessibility of the
<b>device</b>."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "Research libraries should
<b>institute a</b> <b>plan to make all future websites, pages, and documents accessible while tackling older web resources over time.</b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "...<b>accessibility service awareness
</b>needs to be a standard<b> part of staff training.</b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "Research libraries should
<b>designate a liaison librarian</b> who can provide or coordinate library assistance for users<b> in partnership with the institution’s disability services office and central IT</b>. Research libraries should also provide professional development for all staff
to better understand disabilities, including learning disabilities."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "Research libraries should
<b>identify a point person to partner with institutional assistive technology experts and information technologists to monitor trends and developments in this area on an ongoing basis</b>..."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">* "Studies have demonstrated that, in addition to being more sustainable,
<b>integrated accessibility features are also far less costly in the long run.</b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gaeir Dietrich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 19, 2014 5:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'DSP&S Directors Listserver'; ld@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu; Alt Media List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ATHEN<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] New Resource for Library Access<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please forgive cross-posts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://accessibility.arl.org/">http://accessibility.arl.org/</a>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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.
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<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/">www.htctu.net</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">jhaze@htctu.net</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>
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