Reflective Questions
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How do user requirements impact socially acceptable standards of accessibility? What role should legislation play?
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How do you expect ‘accessibility policy’ to develop and at what cost?
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Who bears the cost of providing access to people with disability?
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In setting accessibility policy what constitutes a disability to be addressed?
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To what extent can technology improve accessibility?
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What formal training in accessibility, if any, should librarians be required to undertake?
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Can accessibility be given a monetary value?
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
Talk Citation
Ball, S. (2012, March 29). Libraries in a digital age: access [Video file]. In
The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from
https://hstalks.com/bm/2297/.
Publication History
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Published on March 29, 2012
