Resource list for task force

Readings and websites – recommended to and by the Task Force

Arnott, Jennifer. “Sharing with All: Accessibility and Historical Resources” A Modern Hypatia (blog) 2018. digitalcommonwealth.wildapricot.org/page-1856162

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA). Accessibility Toolkits: http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/02/understanding-accessibility-challenges-patrons. Revised October 2017. www.ascladirect.org/resources Includes physical, cognitive, emotional, staff, assistive technologies, e-resource links and more.

Austin, Robert D. and Gary P. Pisano “Neurodiversity as Competitive Advantage,” Harvard Business Review, May-June 2017: https://hbr.org/2017/05/neurodiversity-as-a-competitive-advantage

Bruyère, Susanne. “Disability and HR Strategy: Preparing Your Workplace for Disability Inclusion.” HR People + Strategy Executive Network, August 9, 2017. https://blog.hrps.org/blogpost/disability-and-hr-strategy-preparing-your-workplace-for-disability-inclusion

Burgstahler, Sheryl. “Equal Access: Universal Design of Libraries: a checklist for making libraries welcoming, accessible, and usable. https://www.washington.edu/doit/equal-access-universal-design-libraries

Cohen, Dan (@dancohen) Feb 13, 2018. “What’s New” podcast for Northeastern University Libraries: “Designing for Diversity,” conversation with @julia_flanders & @arrust, who run a project to do just that: https://t.co/2hBfQE64rG

Cooper Hewitt Museum. “Access+Ability” exhibit and user-focused design symposium. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/11/27/cooper-hewitt-presents-accessability-featuring-more-than-70-inclusive-designs/

Council of State Archivists. Code of Conduct https://www.statearchivists.org/files/2715/2370/9801/CoSA_Code_of_Conduct_2018.pdf

D'Arienzo, Daria, "At Heart a Human Issue.” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Archival Accessibility for All: An Awareness Forum. 12 Aug. 2010. Web. 1 Aug. 2011. https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/2009-presentation--session307-strategies-for-accommodating-people--daria-darienzo.pdf

D'Arienzo. Daria. “Strategies for Accommodating People With Physical Impairments and Disabilities in Archives.” Remarks for SAA 2009 Session 307: Archives for All: Setting the Context https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/2009-presentation--session307-strategies-for-accommodating-people--daria-darienzo.pdf

Describing visual resources toolkit. Describing Visual Resources for Accessibility in Arts & Humanities Publications: https://describingvisualresources.org/

Developing an Accessible Workplace. Also From HR People + Strategy Executive Network-May 5, 2017. www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/...

Disability Etiquette: Interacting with People with Disabilities https://www.unitedspinal.org/disability-etiquette/

Eng, Alice. “Neurodiversity in the Library: One Librarian’s Experience” http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/neurodiversity-in-the-library/ (Can also be found at http://www.aane.org/neurodiversity-library-one-librarians-experience/)

Greene, Mark A. "Improving Accessibility for People with Disabilities," Archival Outlook (Nov/Dec 2010): 10-11. Web. 1 Aug. 2011. http://files.archivists.org/periodicals/Archival-Outlook/Back-Issues/2010-6-AO.pdf

Greene, Mark A. Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Archival Accessibility for All: An Awareness Forum. 12 Aug. 2010. Web. 1 Aug. 2011. http://files.archivists.org/conference/dc2010/Archival-Accessibility_Greene.pdf

Heaseman, Brett. “Employers may discriminate against autism without realizing.” London School of Economics (LSE) Business Review. July 31, 2017. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2017/07/31/employers-may-discriminate-against-autism-without-realising/

Hirsh, Anne E. and Beth Loy. “Shedding Light on Hidden Disabilities.” Powerpoint presentation from the Job Accomodation Network, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy. Ca. 2010. http://www.osec.doc.gov/ocr/CivilRights/Disability%20Docs/SheddingLightonHiddenDisabilities.pdf

Information, Guidance, and Training on the Americans with Disabilities Act Archived Webinars | Mid-Atlantic ADA Center http://www.adainfo.org/training/webinars

Institute for Human Centered Design's section on Universal design humancentereddesign.org/universal-design.

Job Accommodation Network: JAN Https://askjan.org. – resource for assistive technologies and workplace accomodations.

Kaser, Rachel. “Twitter lets you describe your pics for the visually impaired.” The Next Web. 2018. https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2018/01/04/twitter-lets-describe-pics-visually-impaired/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Twitter%20lets%20you%20describe%20your%20pics%20for%20the%20visually%20impaired&utm_campaign=share%2Bbutton

Kowalsky, Michelle, and Woodruff, John. Creating Inclusive Library Environments: a Planning Guide for Serving Patrons with Disabilities: Chicago: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017.

Laramie County (WY) Library System. “Assistive Technology at LCLS” http://lclsonline.org/assistive-technology-at-lcls/

McCrea, Donna. “Creating a More Accessible Environment for Our Users with Disabilities: Responding to an Office for Civil Rights Complaint” Archival Issues, 38: 1 (2017). https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1027&context=ml_pubs

Mates, Barbara T. and Reed, William R. Assistive Technologies in the Library : Chicago : American Library Association, 2011.

Meier, Carolyn, Rebecca Miller, and Heather Moorefield-Lang, eds. Mobile devices : service with intention. Library technology reports, v. 51, no. 7 ; ALA TechSource, 2015

Merritt, Elizabeth. “Neurodiversifying the Museum.” Center for the Future of Museums blog. Jan 10, 2017
https://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2017/01/neurodiversifying-museum.html?m=1

Moorefield-Lang, Heather, ed. Accessibility, Technology, and Librarianship. ALA TechSource, 2018

National Archives Catalog - Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/accessibility.html

National Assistive Technology Act Technical Assistance and Training (AT3) Center. Program Directory - Find Your State Program www.at3center.net/stateprogram. (includes local Assistive Technology programs, device loans, device demo, device reutilization, financial loan, and other state financing.)

National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. http://aem.cast.org

Olmsted, Avery. “Avery's Movie: Archives & Libraries Accessibility for All” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdVcWu03IU

Otterson, Jane. “6 Ways to Make Your Workplace Disabled Friendly.” From the HR People + Strategy Executive Network-July 28, 2017. A generic overview of culture and tools. blog.hrps.org/blogpost/...

Pagel, Caryn. “Start With Empathy.” SimplyAccessible blog, on July 18, 2017 simplyaccessible.com/article/empathy

Principles of Universal Design for Libraries: A Checklist
https://www.washington.edu/doit/equal-access-universal-design-libraries

Russell, Carrie. “Marrakesh Treaty Closer to Reality: US Senate introduces act to increase access for people with print disabilities.” American Libraries, March 15, 2018 https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/marrakesh-treaty-closer-to-reality/

Rinn, Meghan R. "Nineteenth-Century Depictions of Disabilities and Modern Metadata: A Consideration of Material in the P. T. Barnum Digital Collection," Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies 5: 1. elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol5/iss1/1.

Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design https://www.si.edu/Accessibility/SGAED#page_21

Snider, Lisa. “Access for All: Making Your Archives’ Website Accessible for People with Disabilities,” In Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections, ed. Kate Theimer (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), 143.

Spina, Carli, and Margaret Cohen. Accessibility and Universal Design. SPEC Kit 358. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, May 2018. http://publications.arl.org/Accessibility-Universal-Design-SPEC-Kit-358

Southwell, Kristina and Jacquelyn Slater “Accessibility of digital special collections using screen readers” Library Hi Tech, 30: 3 (2012), pp.457-471 https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/07378831211266609

White, Sara. “Crippling the Archives: Negotiating Notions of Disability in Appraisal and Arrangement and Description.” The American Archivist: Spring/Summer 2012, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 109-124.: http://americanarchivist.org/doi/abs/10.17723/aarc.75.1.c53h4712017n4728?code=same-site

Skinner, Anthea, moderator. “In Our Own Voice: Deaf/Disability Archives, Communication and Community. With Panel Discussion” Aust Archivists (@ausarchivists) 12/6/17, 5:44 PM Session 3A: Deaf & Disability Archives (ASA-ITIC 2017)FINAL: youtu.be/Zxbxo1WiC8o?a.

Tang, Lydia, Blake Relle, Erin Wolfe, and Fernanda Perrone. “Making Archives and Special Collections Accessible.” http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=358515&article_id=2640968&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:358515,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222640968%22}

Phil Taylor (@ScienceAndMaps)

4/18/18, 8:38 AM

Just discovered a really cool application that converts @openstreetmapdata into 3D tactile maps (via your own 3D printer / embosser or by ordering a 3D print). touch-mapper.org @touchmapper Designed to aid the blind or partially sighted - am intrigued how well they work. pic.twitter.com/fRw8dCpbbj

United States. Department of Justice. Americans with Disabilities Act. Homepage. https://www.ada.gov

Here are the design standards link: 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design from the site. www.ada.gov/regs2010/2010ADAStandards/...

They also have an "ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities" www.adachecklist.org/doc/fullchecklist/...

Waddington, Nicola. “The Employment of People with Disabilities as Archivists, Records Managers, Conservators and Assistants.” Journal of the Society of Archivists, 25: 2 (2004) pp. 173-188.

Web Accessibility initiative (W3C). “Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List” www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools

Wolfe, Erin. “Accessible Archives and Special Collections Erin Wolfe Digital Archivist Dole Archives University of Kansas Enhancing web exhibits for improved accessibility” http://schd.ws/hosted_files/archives2016/84/wolfe_saa2016_208_slides.pdf

[Lydia Tang also has her PowerPoint – but I don’t see it online]

Working With Students With Disabilities, An Etiquette Guide http://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/disability-etiquette/

Training on accessibility:

Workshop: Checking your Web site for Accessibility Issues (AMIGOS): https://www.amigos.org/node/4862

The Southeast ADA Center and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University are excited to host a four-part Webinar series: The History of Disability featuring Dr. Larry Logue.

WebJunction webinar: “Serving Library Patrons on the Autism Spectrum: Project PALS.” https://learn.webjunction.org/course/search.php?search=project+PALS. Self-paced 4 hour course.

EIT Resources:

Recommended Resources:

· The University of Michigan’s Accessibility Quick Guide http://webaccess.hr.umich.edu/best/quickguide.html , accessed April 24, 2018,

· “Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards” https://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits.html - excellent four minute video explaining web accessibility, why it matters, and what it looks like.

· A quick how-to guide for implementation of WAI recommendations, giving techniques (and failed attempts): https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/

· http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/12697

· https://www.w3.org/WAI/ - WAI page for standards, techniques, and links.

· W3C – The World Wide Web Consortium / Web Accessibility Initiative’s Web Content Accessibility Working Group (WCAG WG) WCAG 2.0 Guidelines: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#guidelines

· Lisa Snider and the Access Changes Everything website

· WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool: https://wave.webaim.org/

· A markup validation service: http://validator.w3.org/

· “A Practical Starter Guide on Developing Accessible Websites,” by Cynthia Ng and Michael Schofield, Code4lib Issue 37, 2017-07-18

· ALA website on web accessibility: http://www.ala.org/support/style/accessibility

Updated: 2018-08-12

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