When
to
December 04 2020 - 15:00
Where
Online
United Kingdom
About the Event
It’s hard to imagine our life without digital technology – at the click of a mouse or touch of a screen, the world is at our fingertips – that is, if you can control a mouse… and see the screen… and hear the audio.
This session will explore what a university press and a library are doing to support the needs of all researchers regardless of their ability. How do students with disabilities access and read academic research materials – what tools do they use and what challenges do they face? How can a publisher incorporate digital accessibility into everyday processes? How does a library help patrons with accessibility requirements?
Register for this recording
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Transcript
The recording including transcript is available on the UKSG free webinars channel.
(Please note that webinars have software generated transcripts therefore are not 100% accurate. If you would like a copy of the transcript please feel free to contact samira@uksg.org).
Slides
Our speakers have kindly agreed to make their slides available.You may download them from here. Please use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them.
Q&A
Our speakers have kindly produced the following Q&A document.
Speakers
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James Carr Programme Manager, Cambridge University Press |
As a Programme Manager for the Academic division of Cambridge University Press, James' primary goal is to ensure online courses are designed, developed and delivered in way that fully optimises the learning experience. Digital accessibility is core to James' role and he strives to ensure that all users, regardless of ability, should share the same experience when accessing resources online. He is IAAP Certified Web Accessibility Specialist and co-leads the Cambridge University Press Digital Accessibility Champions network.
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Beverley Delaney E-Content Advisor, Open University |
Beverley Delaney, is an E-Content Advisor at the OU Library and Co-Operational Lead for Accessibility in the Library.
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Julie Elsden Front End Developer, Cambridge University Press |
Julie has been working in the areas of User Experience and front end development at Cambridge University Press for the past 12 years. She’s passionate about delivering websites, products and services that anyone can use — including elderly and people with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities. She is IAAP Certified Web Accessibility Specialist and co-leads the Cambridge University Press Digital Accessibility Champions network.
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Khadija Raza Graduate, Royal Holloway University |
Khadija Raza is a severely sight impaired university graduate. She lost the majority of her sight throughout her teenage years. This impacted her education, amongst other things. Throughout her sight loss journey, she has used a variety of technology-based solutions to improve her access to her studies. Now she campaigns to promote the needs and rights of visually impaired people in the UK.
Learning outcomes
- What is digital accessibility?
- Why digital accessibility is important?
- The main obstacles for students and researchers accessing academic materials
- How publishers and libraries can help
Subject level and previous knowledge required
Introductory and non-intensive, no previous knowledge or experience required.
Registration
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Accessibility
UKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions.
If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar, we welcome you to contact Samira Koelle.
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