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The Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance And Library Acquisitions, Angela Dresselhaus

Angela Dresselhaus

The move from print to electronic materials was the catalyst for many changes in the library community. Libraries have reorganized staff to accommodate electronic workflows, have grappled with digital preservation and have considered the changing roles of libraries in digital scholarship. Vendors have developed electronic resource management systems, link resolvers, discovery layers, and other tools to help libraries manage the transition from print to electronic collections. This talk will address one of the remaining issues of the print to electronic transition; accessibility for patrons with differing abilities. ADA compliance issues are well addressed in the print realm, but the transition …