Making Libraries Accessible: Adaptive Design and Assistive Technology (Library Technology Reports) - Softcover

Char Booth (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838958621 ISBN 13: 9780838958629

Publisher: American Library Association, 2012

Synopsis

Library Technology reports v.48 no.7 "Making Libraries Accessible: Adaptive Design and Assistive Technology" informs readers about how to make libraries' digital content, computers, and other devices accessible to people with disabilities. The report presents an overview of demographics, regulations, and types of disability needs as well as associated assistive technology. It also lists and compares specific assistive technology products and assesses accessibility for library collections, including various e-book file formats, e-readers, and databases. Drawing from W3C's Web Accessibility Guidelines, the report advises on development and design principles for an accessible website.

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About the Author

Char Booth is E-Learning Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. A 2007 ALA Emerging Leader and 2008 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, Char blogs about library futures, instructional design, and technology literacy at info-mational, and tweets @charbooth. Her books include Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies at Ohio University and Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning; Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Char completed an ME in educational technology at Ohio University in 2008, an MSIS at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information in 2005, and a BA in history at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 2001.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Library Association
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838958621
• ISBN 13: 9780838958629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44