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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Word cloud
- Library access in the digital age
- What is access?
- Advocacy and ethos
- Library accessibility maturity model
- Libraries as innovators in access
- Approaching accessibility
- Accessible environment
- Inaccessible environments
- Technical vs. Practical accessibility
- Types of barriers
- Accessible documentation
- Best practice with fonts and colour
- Use of styles and formatting
- Use of images
- Accessibility benefits of PDFs (1)
- Accessibility benefits of PDFs (2)
- Accessibility benefits of PDFs (3)
- Access tools
- Access tools examples
- Access tools recommendations
- Access tools: where to get them?
- Alternate formats
- Appropriate alternate formats
- Obtaining alternate formats
- Flexible access to e-resources
- Access in developing and transition countries
- Other FOSS library tools
- Accessible library policy
- Policy recommendations
- Benchmarking
- Development opportunities
- Conclusions
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 December 11, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/2297/.Export Citation (RIS)
