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Caption This: Creating Efficiency In Audiovisual Accessibility Using Automatic Speech Recognition Toolkit, Abigail Norris-Davidson, Michelle Emanuel
Caption This: Creating Efficiency In Audiovisual Accessibility Using Automatic Speech Recognition Toolkit, Abigail Norris-Davidson, Michelle Emanuel
Library Publications
In the last several years, there has been a growing awareness of the need for digital accessibility in cultural heritage institutions. While initiatives to make content accessible and equitable for all patrons are vital for the continued growth and effectiveness of these institutions, they are not changes that can be made overnight. Remediating content requires time, knowledge, and effective tools. For many solo or siloed cultural heritage institutions, it can be difficult to commit the resources necessary for remediation. Nevertheless, these institutions will need to dedicate significant amounts of time to increasing accessibility in their digital collections, including audiovisual (A/V) …
Systemic Workplace Barriers For Academic Librarians With Disabilities, Joanne Oud
Systemic Workplace Barriers For Academic Librarians With Disabilities, Joanne Oud
Library Publications
Although studies related to diversity within librarianship as a profession are increasing, few have examined librarians with disabilities—and none so far have included their voices or perspectives. This qualitative study involved interviews with ten academic librarians with disabilities in Canada. With a grounding in the social model of disability, it examines their workplace experiences and concerns and the barriers they face within the context of cultural assumptions about disability and work, finding that the major barriers encountered are lack of awareness of disability issues and negative cultural stereotypes of disability.
Academic Librarians With Disabilities: Job Perceptions And Factors Influencing Positive Workplace Experiences, Joanne Oud
Library Publications
Although there has been increasing attention to diversity in librarianship, little attention has been paid to librarians with disabilities. This study uses a mixed method approach, using results from a survey and in-depth follow-up interviews, to investigate some of the characteristics of Canadian university librarians with disabilities, their job satisfaction, their perceptions of their workplace climate for diversity and accessibility, and the factors that influence their workplace perceptions. Although librarians with disabilities report a generally high level of job satisfaction, they are less satisfied with some areas related to workplace stress and job flexibility than librarians without disabilities. Librarians with …
Accessibility Of Vendor-Created Video Tutorials For People With Disabilities, Joanne Oud
Accessibility Of Vendor-Created Video Tutorials For People With Disabilities, Joanne Oud
Library Publications
Many video, screencast, webinar, or interactive tutorials are created and provided by vendors for use by libraries to instruct users in database searching. This study investigates whether these vendor-created database tutorials are accessible for people with disabilities to see whether librarians can use these tutorials instead of creating them in-house. Findings on accessibility were mixed. Positive accessibility features and common accessibility problems are described, with recommendations on how to maximize accessibility.
How Well Do Ontario Library Web Sites Meet New Accessibility Requirements?, Joanne Oud
How Well Do Ontario Library Web Sites Meet New Accessibility Requirements?, Joanne Oud
Library Publications
New changes to Ontario law will require library web sites to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). This study evaluates 64 Ontario university, college, and public library web sites to see how well they comply with WCAG 2.0 guidelines at present. An average of 14.75 accessibility problems were found per web page. The most common problems included invalid html, poor color contrast, incorrect form controls and labels, missing alt text, bad link text, improper use of headings, using html to format pages, using absolute units of measure, and issues with tables and embedded objects.