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Core webinar: Accessibility & Inclusive Design to Enable Success
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description: So much of the library information and service we provide is online, and making our digital content accessible helps everyone in our community succeed. Following accessibility best practices not only improves the library experience, it also promotes diversity and inclusion by improving the equity of access for all library users. Learn some simple, inclusive-design guidelines for creating accessible digital content such as your website, LibGuides, Word docs, PDFs, and more. Finally, leave with tools and actionable tips for how to help make your library services and digital content more accessible and inclusive.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:
Understand how accessibility best practices benefit everyone.
Utilize accessibility and inclusive design best practices when creating new digital content.
Share tools and advocate for how to make library services and content more accessible and inclusive for all.
Who should attend?
All library employees creating digital library content (documents, web content, LibGuides, PR materials, etc.)
Presenter:
Jacqueline Frank (she/her/hers) has been at the Montana State University Library for over 10 years, most recently as the Instruction & Accessibility librarian. Jacqueline holds a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Montana State University, and an MLIS from the University of Kentucky. She’s led library wide remediation efforts and has presented nationally on accessibility. Outside of work you can find her on the water, walking her dogs, or binge-watching bad television.
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Registration Fees: Core Member $43; Non-member $59; Group rate $129
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
http://www.ala.org/core/accessibility-inclusive-design-enable-success
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.