Accessibility at American Library Conferences
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MARLIN, Mike L. (2017) Accessibility at American Library Conferences. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society. in Session 72 - Library Services to People with Special Needs with Library serving persons with print disabilities.
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Accessibility at American Library Conferences
This paper outlines the background and history of accessibility concerns and barriers facing attendees with disabilities at American Library Association Conferences throughout the United States, and discusses the recent work of the ALA Conference Accessibility Task Force charged with drafting recommendations for improvement of conference and virtual meeting accessibility. The author summarizes broad categories of accessibility covering the task force report of 81 specific recommendations, and several important appendices relating to overall accessibility guidelines, terminology, survey methodology, tip sheets for vendors and hotels, and master training document for staff, administration, presenters, and various conference volunteers.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society.Session 72 - Accessibility at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress and other Library Conferences - Library Services to People with Special Needs with Library serving persons with print disabilities |
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Divisions: | Division 3 Library Services > Library Services to People with Special Needs Section | ||||||
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Accessibility, Disability, Assistive Technology, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), American Library Association (ALA) | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2017 08:19 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2017 16:15 | ||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1821 |
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