UC Atlas of Global Inequality. Welcome to the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Home - Migel Library. Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities - Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities. U.S. Draft Consensus Instrument. Facilitating Access for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities. Background The United States is a Member State of the World Intellectual Property Organization and an active member of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
An on-going focus of the SCCR is the topic of limitations and exceptions to exclusive rights, including limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons. At the next meeting in Geneva (December 14-18th 2009), the SCCR will discuss a treaty proposal introduced by the delegations of Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay, which would mandate certain exceptions and other practices regarding the cross-border import, export and qualified distribution of copyrighted works for the blind, visually impaired, and other reading disabled persons, without permission of the rights holders. The treaty proposal is based on text that was prepared under the auspices of the World Blind Union. Please see the links at left for previous Federal Register Notices, public comments, and other relevant information on this topic.
LibEcon - International Library Economics Research Study. Global Library Statistics [OCLC - Membership] These statistics that represent the total global library universe include data, if available, for the total number of libraries, librarians, volumes, expenditures, and users for every country and territory in the world broken down into the major library types: academic, public, school, special and national.
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It is important to remember that these figures do not represent OCLC membership. The statistics also include available data for languages used, and the number of library schools, publishers, and museums. Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Librarians: A Status Report (1998) Mary Jo Lynch Director, Office for Research and Statistics American Library Association Note : This article was prepared for publication in the November 1998 issue of American Libraries as a special piece.
Because of space constraints, it was not published separately but was put at the end of an article on, "Librarians' Salaries: Smaller increases this year. " See pages 68-70 of the November 1998 American Libraries for the content which follows this note. People often ask ALA, "What is the current racial/ethnic makeup of the librarian workforce? " Data became available this summer to answer that question about academic, public, and school librarians. The data for school librarians on that table comes from a totally different source. Looking Backward Can we compare these data to any older data in order to determine if the field is changing? Lb.princetonlibrary.org/TransformationToolKit.swf?POPUP_ENABLED=true. Library Statistics Program - Library-Related Websites. Library Statistics Program - Welcome to the Library Statistics Program.
Center for Library and Information Innovation. Enabling Education Network - EENET. NEA Accessibility - Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators. The Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators is an online companion to the printed text Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator’s Handbook (2003).
The Guide provides guidance to cultural administrators on how to achieve accessible and inclusive programming for everyone including individuals with disabilities and older adults. It is designed to help your organization not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act but also to assist in making access an integral part of your organization, including its staffing, mission, budget, education, meetings, programs and beyond.
June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant. A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings By June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant. Home Page of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Section 508. How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops Web accessibility guidelines, technical reports, and educational resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
This document introduces how WAI works through a process designed to: ensure broad community input, and encourage consensus development. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops Web standards such as HTML, XML, CSS, etc. WAI is part of W3C and follows the W3C Process for developing Web standards. W3C's Web standards are called W3C Recommendations. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: WCAG Overview, WCAG 2.0 (December 2008) Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines: ATAG Overview, ATAG 1.0 (February 2000) User Agent Accessibility Guidelines: UAAG Overview, UAAG 1.0 (December 2002) [WAI Accessibility Guidelines] are [W3C Recommendations] are [Web Standards] WAI is currently working on advanced versions of guidelines and other technical reports.
That was a simplified description of the process. Example Outline for a Web Accessibility Workshop. Example Outlines for Web Accessibility Presentations. Topics for Web Accessibility Presentations and Training. Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training: Overview. In-Suite Navigation Introduction WAI offers materials for speakers, lecturers, educators and other presenters to help their participants understand more about web accessibility.
Instructions for the "Web Accessibility for Older Users" Presentation. How to Make Presentations Accessible to All. Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility: Overview. "Evaluating Websites for Accessibility" is a multi-page resource suite that outlines different approaches for evaluating websites for accessibility.
While it does not provide checkpoint-by-checkpoint testing techniques, it does provide general procedures and tips for evaluation in different situations, from evaluation during website development to ongoing monitoring of existing sites. The approaches in these pages are intended to supplement other content management and quality assurance procedures. The "Evaluating Websites for Accessibility" resource suite includes the following documents: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility (updated 2014) Provides simple steps to help assess if a web page addresses accessibility. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - home page. RTC Accessibility User Requirements (RAUR) Note Published RTC Accessibility User Requirements (RAUR) is published as a Working Group Note.
Real-time communication (RTC) provides real-time peer to peer audio, video, and data exchange directly between supported user agents. This enables instantaneous applications for video and audio calls, text chat, file exchange, screen sharing, and gaming. Standards and Guidelines. ASCLA establishes standards and guidelines that align with its vision to build capacity for libraries serving special populations, state library agencies, specialized libraries, library cooperatives and library consultants.
Assn. of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leslie Burger. Mother Goose on the Loose. Capturing Our Stories-home. Copyright(C). Loriene Roy. All Rights Reserved. FTM Information Resources : by John Otto. Www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/EMIERT WEB FINAL.pdf. EMIE Highlights. Coretta Scott King Book Award Curriculum Resource Center.
Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Coretta Scott King Book Awards. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Bibliographies. The resources on this page are offered to provide guidelines, assistance, examples and materials related to multicultural and diversity resources and collections. Awards Bibliographies Dictionaries Guidelines/Standards Library Instruction Literacy Notable Collections Organizations Reports Reviews The Multicultural Library Affiliate Organizations/Committees Related to Diversity (the complete list is at:
MCReview. EMIERT By-Laws. Article I: Name The name of the organization shall be the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table of the American Library Association. Article II: Purpose The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table is an organization authorized by the Council of the American Library Association. Its purpose shall be to provide a forum for the exchange of information on library materials in English and other languages and to promote service for all ethnolinguistic and multicultural communities in general. Article III: Membership Section 1. Section 2. Only personal members of the Round Table shall have the right to vote and hold office.
Section 3. The dues shall be paid on an annual basis according to the fiscal year established by the American Library Association. Section 4. Article IV: Officers. EMIERT. ALA Committee on Diversity. ALA Office for Diversity.