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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the reoccurring topics that has been discussed for years is in DSO and accessibility circles is the development of a central repository for remediated texts and documents; and have this solution allow universities to share these
resources and decrease the amount of effort duplication currently required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At next week’s <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/">
Accessing Higher Ground Conference</a>, a session on Wednesday at 2:15 (MT), <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/welcome-to-emma-educational-materials-made-accessible-and-shareable/">
Welcome to EMMA: Educational Materials Made Accessible–and Shareable!</a> is addressing this issue with a realistic and functional solution. This session will be presented by Bill Kasdorf and John Unsworth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The overall <a href="https://news.library.virginia.edu/2021/04/15/federated-repositories-of-accessible-materials-for-higher-education-ii-awarded-a-1175000-grant-from-the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation/">
FRAME</a>/<a href="https://emma.uvacreate.virginia.edu/">EMMA</a> project is a collaborative grant project, with John Unsworth, Professor of English and Dean of University Libraries at UVA, serving as the principle investigator (PI) and leading the effort.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I highly recommend this session to acquaint you to the work being done and the possibilities down the road.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share with others who may be interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope you’ll be able to attend the session and enjoy the conference!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lori<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Lori Kressin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#767171">Coordinator of Academic Accessibility</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#767171">Office of the Executive VP and Provost • Univ. of Virginia</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://provost.virginia.edu/coaa"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">COAA Main Website</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#767171">I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where I live and work today, the Monacan Nation, and I pay my respect to their elders past and present.
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