[Coil-l] ACRL IS Management & Leadership Webinar – Accessibility Remediation and Compliance

[Upson, Matt]

Please join an upcoming webinar hosted by the ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Committee.

A Complaint has Been Filed. Now What? Strategies for Accessibility Remediation and Prioritization for Future Compliance


  *   Zoom Room, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central
  *   Registration URL: <https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/ea1ada219382fac57510d14dfea9e911> https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/e88cdf3b18379889cde7dc3c8da9331e


  *   Description/Outcomes: Online accessibility standards are intended to make learning optimal for all learners; it is about more than legal compliance. However, compliance issues have impacted campuses across the country. In 2017, Syracuse University received an official accessibility complaint from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that required an extensive remediation of websites and online materials across the institution, including the Libraries. Kate Deibel, Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian will share how she coordinated an extensive remediation of library materials, from managing workflows and processes to developing best practices for ongoing compliance.  She will also discuss additional accessibility efforts SU Libraries have underway, including an alternative format service within the Libraries and a software accessibility testing team from all aspects of the Libraries. This hour long webinar will include a presentation and a Q&A session.


  *   Outcomes:
     *   Identify criteria necessary to prioritize library e-resources and websites for remediation
     *   Establish processes for increasing accessibility of library online materials and services
     *   Gain an awareness of novel efforts that SUL is exploring to ensure ongoing ADA compliance


  *   Speaker:
     *   Katherine "Kate" Deibel has had a varied career in academia working within and across many disciplines, including library technology, computer science, education, disability, design engineering, technology adoption, and digital literacies. She has presented multiple times on a gamut of topics ranging across disciplinarity, teaching methods, accessibility, comics, and library technologies. Kate earned her PhD in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington in 2011 with a multidisciplinary study of the social and technological factors that hinder adoption of reading technologies among adults with dyslexia. Currently, Kate is the Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries where she is spearheading multiple efforts to raise disability access throughout libraries and the library community.


Matt Upson [Profile<http://info.library.okstate.edu/matt-upson>]
Associate Professor
Director – Undergraduate Instruction & Outreach
Edmon Low Library – Room 306
Oklahoma State University
matthew.upson at okstate.edu<mailto:matthew.upson at okstate.edu>
405-744-9755


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