• Introduction
• 57 min
  1. Libraries in a digital age: fundamentals and latest thinking - an introduction

  • Prof. Derek Law
• Management Issues
• 62 min
  2. Sustainability of digital libraries: economic issues and business planning

  • Prof. Mel Collier
• 20 min
  3. Convergence

  • Ms. Anne Poulson
  • Mr. Gary Horrocks
• 43 min
  4. Supporting research: new opportunities for 'subject librarians' and other staff

  • Mr. Antony Brewerton
• 33 min
  5. Library as place?

  • Mr. Les Watson
• 38 min
  6. Customer value discovery

  • Dr. Sue McKnight
• Content
• 26 min
  7. The future of university medical librarianship

  • Ms. Beverly Murphy
• 30 min
  8. From here to there: library content in the digital age

  • Mrs. Wendy Evans
• 52 min
  9. Institutional repositories

  • Dr. Alma Swan
• 31 min
  10. Ensuring continuity of access to resources for scholarship

  • Mr. Peter Burnhill
• 30 min
  11. Social web and libraries

  • Mr. Brian Kelly
• 24 min
  12. Vendor supplied MARC records for online collections

  • Ms. Catelynne Sahadath
• Services
• 17 min
  13. E-learning and the digital library

  • Prof. Andrew McDonald
• 22 min
  14. Research services

  • Ms. Liz Chapman
• 28 min
  15. Introduction to systematic reviews for librarians

  • Ms. Lindsey Sikora
• 51 min
  16. Libraries in a digital age: access

  • Dr. Simon Ball
• 41 min
  17. What color is your paratext? trust metrics

  • Mr. Geoffrey W. Bilder
• Case Studies
• 28 min
  18. Transforming a mediaeval university

  • Mr. John A. MacColl
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 43 min
  19. Scenario planning for libraries

  • Mr. Steve O'Connor

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Navigable Slide Index

1. Introduction
2. Word cloud
3. Library access in the digital age
4. What is access?
5. Advocacy and ethos
6. Library accessibility maturity model
7. Libraries as innovators in access
8. Approaching accessibility
9. Accessible environment
10. Inaccessible environments
11. Technical vs. Practical accessibility
12. Types of barriers
13. Accessible documentation
14. Best practice with fonts and colour
15. Use of styles and formatting
16. Use of images
17. Accessibility benefits of PDFs (1)
18. Accessibility benefits of PDFs (2)
19. Accessibility benefits of PDFs (3)
20. Access tools
21. Access tools examples
22. Access tools recommendations
23. Access tools: where to get them?
24. Alternate formats
25. Appropriate alternate formats
26. Obtaining alternate formats
27. Flexible access to e-resources
28. Access in developing and transition countries
29. Other FOSS library tools
30. Accessible library policy
31. Policy recommendations
32. Benchmarking
33. Development opportunities
34. Conclusions

Topics Covered

• Library access
• Accessibility
• Inclusion
• Inclusive practice
• Disability
• Impairment
• Technology
• Barriers
• Advocacy
• Ethos
• Library maturity
• Innovation
• Environment
• Documentation
• Best practice
• Software
• FOSS
• Alternate formats
• Policy
• Benchmarking
• Development

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Publication History

• Published on March 29, 2012

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Simon Ball has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.