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Using Student Feedback To Assess Accessible Library Spaces And Services, Teressa M. Keenan, Wendy Walker
Using Student Feedback To Assess Accessible Library Spaces And Services, Teressa M. Keenan, Wendy Walker
Mansfield Library Faculty Publications
Presentation slides from a webinar presented on August 14, 2020.
In 2018 we were awarded a small grant to gather and assess student feedback regarding an accessible technology room in the library. Survey and student focus group data provided guidance for a number of physical and technology-related changes that were subsequently applied to the accessible technology room. In 2019 we were awarded another small grant to collect additional student feedback to help us evaluate the success of those upgrades and to help us determine what additional changes might be needed to make this space an optimally active and accessible research …
Accessibility: Electronic And Information Technologies (Eit), Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan
Accessibility: Electronic And Information Technologies (Eit), Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan
Mansfield Library Faculty Publications
In 2014, the President of the University of Montana (UM) signed a resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights regarding the accessibility of electronic and information technology (EIT) at UM. Since that time, we have been learning about accessibility and accessible technologies and have investigated the accessibility of EIT-based services at the Mansfield Library. We will share what we have learned about EIT accessibility; key results from our assessment of CONTENTdm; and a new cataloging initiative that improves the discoverability of accessible materials in library collections.