From lsskagg at ilstu.edu Wed Mar 29 21:00:02 2023 From: lsskagg at ilstu.edu (Skaggs, Lindsey) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:00:02 +0000 Subject: [Discovery_PVE_Comm] FW: Accessibility Bridge: Accessibility Metadata and Discovery In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, I'm forwarding the below invitation from Mark Weiler, who is part of Ontario Council of University Libraries' Collaborative Futures Accessibility Group. The University of Montana has implemented an "accessibility information" facet that looks very interesting (see it in action here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://trails-um.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,history&tab=ML_Payne_Everything&search_scope=OneSearch_Everything&vid=01TRAILS_UM:01TRAILS_UM&offset=0__;!!DZ3fjg!5AcnHsBJo4kTDUKK_n6LOTKp6sNAj4ZmxYgtIdNfGw5Rz_fXz1b-BxSD2qT-RmCb9bM0foE6rJBX62nAgpa5Ua4mGdwzVPhzIso$ ). Please register if you are interested-- I plan on joining and will also report back. Kind regards, Lindsey From: Mark Weiler Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:15 PM To: Skaggs, Lindsey ; Berry, Allan J Cc: Maylott, Paige Subject: Accessibility Bridge: Accessibility Metadata and Discovery This message originated from outside of the Illinois State University email system. Learn why this is important Hi Lindsey, Berry The Collaborative Futures Accessibility Working Group (which is a part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries) invites you to the next Accessibility Bridge on April 21st. It would be great if you and accessibility champions in CARLI joined us. Librarians from the University of Montana will join us to share their "Accessibility Information" facet project. At the accessibility bridge, we meet colleagues from other libraries and consortia around the world who are also marching towards a Primo VE/Alma that has features needed by disabled users. * When Friday April 21st, 2023 * 3pm to 4pm Eastern, * 1pm to 2pm Mountain * 12 noon to 1pm Pacific * Register via Zoom University of Montana's Accessibility Information facets [Primo VE search results page in the facets regions. The facet regions includes a facet labelled "Accessibility information" and it lists: Audio description, 3, Braille, 49, Captions, 13, English Subtitles, 679, Sign Language, Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, 175] Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD JAWS Certified & Web Accessbility Specialist Web & User Experience Librarian Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario Notices Upcoming Laurier Library workshopst & events -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 73371 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: