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Making the library accessible for all : a practical guide for librarians / Jane Vincent.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Practical guides for librarians ; no. 81.Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]Edition: Second editionDescription: xxi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538176818
  • 1538176815
Subject(s):
Contents:
What is accessibility? -- Communication accessibility -- Materials accessibility -- Architectural and environmental accessibility -- Event and exhibit accessibility -- Technology accessibility -- Web accessibility -- The accessible library.
Summary: "Making the Library Accessible for All is a single-source guide that librarians can refer to when planning, remediating, or evaluating ways to ensure disabled patrons and employees will have successful library experiences. It covers accessibility of communication, hard copy and electronic materials, architecture, trainings and events, technology access, website standards, and a range of related topics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 027.663 V772 Available 33111011347933
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Libraries have an ethical, and usually a legal, obligation to make their services accessible to disabled patrons and employees. Making the Library Accessible for All is a single-source guide that librarians can refer to when planning, remediating, or evaluating accessibility. With a unique holistic approach, it emphasizes the perception of people with disabilities as partners in meeting a common goal rather than as a population to be "served." Topics addressed and updated in this second edition include:

Multiple interviews with librarians and other experts in the field about proven accessibility strategies for libraries, personal experiences, and cutting-edge innovations; Innovations in providing assistive digital technology, many of which are free or built into common programs; An overview of changes coming to accessibility guidelines for digital content; Up-to-date information on legislation that may affect some or all libraries; An evaluation of how the COVID pandemic has changed both library services and patron needs

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is accessibility? -- Communication accessibility -- Materials accessibility -- Architectural and environmental accessibility -- Event and exhibit accessibility -- Technology accessibility -- Web accessibility -- The accessible library.

"Making the Library Accessible for All is a single-source guide that librarians can refer to when planning, remediating, or evaluating ways to ensure disabled patrons and employees will have successful library experiences. It covers accessibility of communication, hard copy and electronic materials, architecture, trainings and events, technology access, website standards, and a range of related topics"-- Provided by publisher.

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