Open AccessWhat does a library accessibility specialist do? How a new role advances accessibility through education and advocacy
Author(s) -
Sidney Rosen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.79.1.23
Subject(s) - usability , library science , academic library , work (physics) , world wide web , universal design , computer science , web accessibility , sociology , political science , engineering , human–computer interaction , the internet , mechanical engineering , web standards
Across North America, academic librarians are quietly converting print materials into accessible files, testing databases for usability, and applying principles of universal design to services, spaces, and instruction. Most of us do this work under unassuming job titles like director of access services or humanities librarian. But a few of us occupy new positions explicitly devoted to library accessibility.