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<p class="MsoNormal">*Please excuse cross posting*. The Big Ten Library E-Resource Accessibility Group thought members of this listserv might be interested to hear about the work they’ve been doing with library e-resource accessibility.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Libraries in the Big Ten Academic Alliance are committed to equitable service and access for all and are therefore concerned about the inaccessibility of many library electronic resources. In 2015, a Big Ten Library E-Resource Accessibility
 Group was formed to address these concerns through collective strategies and direct engagement with vendors. In its first 2 years, the group has made significant progress by:
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><![endif]>Adopting model accessibility license language that can be found on the Big Ten’s
<a href="https://www.btaa.org/projects/library/accessibility/standardized-accessibility-license-language">
<span style="color:#2E75B5">Standardized Accessibility License Language</span></a><span style="color:#2E75B5">
</span>page. This language may be used or modified by any library to ensure that electronic resources contracts address accessibility.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><![endif]>Funding professional accessibility evaluations of selected vendor platforms. Evaluations, and any responses provided by vendors, are posted on the Big Ten’s
<a href="https://www.btaa.org/projects/library/accessibility/e-resource-testing">
<span style="color:#2E75B5">E-Resources Testing</span></a><span style="color:#2E75B5">
</span>page. This program provides vendors with the information and opportunity to improve their accessibility and gives the library community information about the accessibility of these resources, increasing transparency and action in this area.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Updates will continue to be posted on the Big Ten’s website,
<a href="https://www.btaa.org/projects/library/accessibility/reports"><span style="color:#2E75B5">Library E-Resource Accessibility</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q3nw4Vb1awdg_qct2AgX7VYkV5wbtYdQdvPk529Z6VU/edit?usp=sharing">Members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Library E-Resource Accessibility Group</a><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">University of Illinois   •   Indiana University   •   University of Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">University of Maryland   •   University of Michigan   •   Michigan State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">University of Minnesota   •   University of Nebraska—Lincoln   •   Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Ohio State University   •   Pennsylvania State University   •   Purdue University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Rutgers University—New Brunswick   •   University of Wisconsin—Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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