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Online Doc ASCLA Accessibility Assembly Meeting Agenda 3/16

by Reed Strege on Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 11:40 am

ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

Telephone Conference Call

Friday, March 16th

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time

 Call in instructions:

1- 877-922-2496
44050725#

 

1) Welcome and Introductions

 

 

2) Review Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2018

 

 

3) Discussion of promoting toolkits through ALA

 

 

4) Discussion of Task Force Report on Conference Accessibility

 

 

ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

Telephone Conference Call

Friday, March 16th

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time

 Call in instructions:

1- 877-922-2496
44050725#

 

1) Welcome and Introductions

 

 

2) Review Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2018

 

 

3) Discussion of promoting toolkits through ALA

 

 

4) Discussion of Task Force Report on Conference Accessibility

 

 

5) Discussion of adding “Best Practices in Communication” toolkit

 

 

6) Plan Meeting at ALA Annual 2018

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Online Doc ASCLA Accessibility Assembly Meeting Agenda

by Reed Strege on Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 10:51 am

ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

Midwinter Conference Meeting

Friday, February 9th

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time

Colorado Convention Center Room 206

 

 

1) Welcome and Introductions

 

 

 

2) First Project Discussion

 

 

Updated toolkits on ASCLA website

 

 

3) Discussion of promoting toolkits through ALA

 

 

 

4) Discussion of Task Force Report on Conference Accessibility

 

 

 

ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

Midwinter Conference Meeting

Friday, February 9th

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time

Colorado Convention Center Room 206

 

 

1) Welcome and Introductions

 

 

 

2) First Project Discussion

 

 

Updated toolkits on ASCLA website

 

 

3) Discussion of promoting toolkits through ALA

 

 

 

4) Discussion of Task Force Report on Conference Accessibility

 

 

 

5) Future Projects

 

 

 

6) Plan Meeting at ALA Annual 2018

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Meeting Request ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly - June 26, 2016

by Adam Szczepaniak on Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 10:18 am

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Annual Conference

Sunday – June 26, 2016 – Orlando, FL

Rosen Centre

Salon 1/2

Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/02Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/024:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Annual Conference

Sunday – June 26, 2016 – Orlando, FL

Rosen Centre

Salon 1/2

Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/02Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/024:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

Old Business

Conference Accessibility Task Force – Update & Discussion

New Business

Accessibility Access to Electronic Textbooks – An Overview.  Lisa Wadors (Benetech - Palo Alto, California).

Midwinter Meeting, Atlanta, GA: January 20-24, 2017

Adjournment

 

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Meeting Request ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly - June 26, 2016

by Adam Szczepaniak on Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 10:18 am

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Annual Conference

Sunday – June 26, 2016 – Orlando, FL

Rosen Centre

Salon 1/2

Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/02Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/024:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Annual Conference

Sunday – June 26, 2016 – Orlando, FL

Rosen Centre

Salon 1/2

Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/02Rosen Centre, Room Salon 01/024:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

Old Business

Conference Accessibility Task Force – Update & Discussion

New Business

Accessibility Access to Electronic Textbooks – An Overview.  Lisa Wadors (Benetech - Palo Alto, California).

Midwinter Meeting, Atlanta, GA: January 20-24, 2017

Adjournment

 

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Event ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

by Adam Szczepaniak on Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 08:41 am

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Mid-Winter Conference

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Mid-Winter Conference

Saturday – January 8, 2016 – Boston MA

Boston Convention Center

 Room 254A

3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

Old Business

Checklist review of accessibility services – Update of Document 

New Business

Accessibility Assembly Representative to the Conference Committee – Marti Goddard

ASCLA Resolution to ALA Council Concerning Accessibility of ALA Conferences and Meetings for People with Disabilities

Overview Georgia Tech Accessibility Pilot - Marc Zablatsky, Vice-President, AiSquared (Cambridge, MA)

Annual Meeting Schedule – Orlando, FL

Adjournment

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Online Doc Accessibility Assembly Roster

by Adam Szczepaniak on Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 08:09 am

According to ASCLA, the following names are listed as committee representatives.  Please send me any updates - Adam

Jamie Smith - jamie.smith@gallaudet.edu

Dawn Amsberry - dua4@psu.edu

Vivian Bordeaux - vbordeaux@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org

According to ASCLA, the following names are listed as committee representatives.  Please send me any updates - Adam

Jamie Smith - jamie.smith@gallaudet.edu

Dawn Amsberry - dua4@psu.edu

Vivian Bordeaux - vbordeaux@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org

Ms. Tiffany Lanette Bradford-Oldham - tiffanylbradfordoldham@gmail.com

Ms. Christine L. Fletcher - cfletcher@library.msstate.edu

Susan Hornung - shornung@ala.org

Adam Szczepaniak, Chair - aszczepaniak@njstatelib.org

Elizabeth Burns (YALSA) - eburns@njstatelib.org

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Event Accessibility Assembly Meeting

by Adam Szczepaniak on Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 08:02 am

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2016 ALA Mid-Winter Conference – Boston, MA

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Boston Convention Center

 Room 254A

3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

ASCLA All-Committee Meeting

Discussion Mid-Winter Minutes - Accessibility Assembly

by Adam Szczepaniak on Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 09:08 am

Accessibility Assembly

Midwinter 2014 Philadelphia

Sunday, January 26, 2014

10:30am-11:30am

Pennsylvania Convention Center

Accessibility Assembly

Midwinter 2014 Philadelphia

Sunday, January 26, 2014

10:30am-11:30am

Pennsylvania Convention Center

Action items:

  • Adam will ask Susan for names of Representatives from the Divisions.
  • Decision was to accept the Board’s changes to the Mission Statement for now and make any adjustments at Annual.
  • Simon has a copy of the checklist review of accessibility services at the conference and will send it to Adam.
  • ·         Adina offered to send out a link to a guide to accessible event planning her school created.
  • Adam will send out a survey for the time of the meeting in time to get it in the program

Housekeeping

Adam will ask Susan for names of Representatives from the Divisions.  Marty may ask to be the Rep from PLA if one is needed. 

Kevin approved the minutes.  Simon seconded.

Old Business

Mission Statement. Adam read the mission statement.  The Board suggested taking out the specific types of disabilities because we might omit some, and another ALA policy, Library Services to People with Disabilities, explains that. 

There was concern that omitting specific types of disabilities would be too vague.  However, the list that had been included did leave out some disabilities, including intellectual disabilities.

The former mission statement was very old, and only a sentence or two long.  The original mission of Accessibility Assembly was accessibility of the conferences.

There was discussion about whether this group could change the Library Services to People with Disabilities policy if the language becomes outdated. 

It was stated that Accessibility Assembly should reflect ALA’s policy.

Decision was to accept the Board’s changes for now and make any adjustments at Annual.

Library of Congress NLS app for Apple and Android.

In September you can use an iPad or iPhone to download audiobooks and magazines.  300 units were downloaded in the first month. 

Itunes store has a Bard mobile app.  Voiceover can be used. 

There is a wishlist. 

There are Braille books and magazines and there are setting for people with low vision.  The app is a lot easier to use and you don’t have to buy a separate device.  There is a refreshable display that works with iPad.  Children like it as they already like games on the iPad.  Now NLS is reaching out to members who had said no thanks before.  Android app is coming out.

Continuing Business

 

Checklist review of accessibility services at the conference.  Simon has a copy and will send it to Adam.

ALA website accessibility

Adam read an email from Mike Marlin.  OnPeak’s web presence was improved. 

Adina said it’s unclear whether the chat interface in ALA Connect is screen reader accessible.  It would be helpful to know about this for the purpose of scheduling virtual meetings that are as accessible.

Accessibility of Conference Center and Exhibit floor.

Discussion of how to find people on the exhibits.  Simon mentioned RFID tags for exhibits.

Carrie said getting accessible rooms reserved through the reservation system was problematic.

Carly said that at a presentation at Annual 2013, a wheelchair user in a group of presenters was excluded because the lift to the stage didn’t work.  The young presenter then did not participate.  This is a common problem and the easiest fix is to not use a platform.

Social events scheduled as part of the conference are held at inaccessible locations.  Discussion about this.  They could at least put information on the event description about accessibility.

Adina offered to send out a link to a guide to accessible event planning her school created.

A list of accessible venues for a city could help.

Yelp sometimes has information about accessibility.

A report card to go back to ASCLA Board and to Council was suggested.

Height of carpet and wires on the Exhibit floor are considerations.

Annual meeting time and date.

Adam will send out a survey for the time of the meeting in time to get it in the program

New Business

GPII. Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure. http://gpii.net/

Jim Tobias, Steve Githens and Amrish Chourasia gave a presentation about GPII.

LUA Libraries for Universal Accessibility http://www.uniaccessig.org/universal/

Adina said posts about topics related to libraries and accessibility are welcome. 

 

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Discussion Accessibility Assembly - Agenda, June 29, 2014

by Adam Szczepaniak on Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 09:27 am

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2014 ALA Annual Conference – Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Caesar’s Place

 Neopolitan IV

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

Minutes – Adina Mulliken (emailed for review before conference)

ALA ASCLA Accessibility Assembly

2014 ALA Annual Conference – Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Caesar’s Place

 Neopolitan IV

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

 

Welcome & Attendee Introductions

Administrative Housekeeping

Email Addresses – correct emails / official members & Liaisons for ALA & ASCLA

Minutes – Adina Mulliken (emailed for review before conference)

Old Business

Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure GPII Library Project Update – Jim Tobias

 LUA website Update – Adina Mulliken

 

Continuing Business

Accessibility services provided by ALA at conference

Discussion on the best approach to report issues to ALA and ASCLA concerning the accessibility of Conference Center & Exhibit floor, meeting rooms and ALA Website accessibility.

Checklist review of accessibility services – Simon Healy

New Business

Overview of AI Squared Accessibility Products (ZoomText, Window Eyes, Sitecues) 

-      Kimberly Cline - Regional Channel Manager (AI Squared)

IFLA LPD report – Mike Marlin

Mid-Winter Meeting Schedule

Adjournment

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Discussion Accessibility Assembly - Meeting, June 29, 2014

by Adam Szczepaniak on Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 07:43 am

Because the Annual Meeting has most members busy throughout the week, holding the Accessibility Assembly meeting at ASCLA's All Committee meeting slot has been popular.  We will do so again this year.

Because the Annual Meeting has most members busy throughout the week, holding the Accessibility Assembly meeting at ASCLA's All Committee meeting slot has been popular.  We will do so again this year.

The ASCLA All Committee meeting will take place in Vegas on Sunday, June 29, 04:30 pm 05:30 pm, Caesar’s Palace -Neopolitan IV Room.

ASCLA will place signs on all the tables to indicate which committee is which.

I will send out an agenda in the next few week.  Please contact me if there are items you wish to  add to the agenda.

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To advance ALA’s continuing commitment to diversity and to accessibility of library and information services for all, including people with physical, sensory or mental disabilities, as reflected in the ALA policy on “Library Services to People with Disabilities” (54.3.2)....

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