[LIBRARYDIR] WACTCLC staff question

Tue May 7 14:31:32 PDT 2019

Here's another example of where VPATs have been collected - this from the
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois
https://www.carli.illinois.edu/vpat-repository

Jeanne

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On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 2:17 PM Bem, Greg via LIBRARYDIR <
librarydir at lists.ctc.edu> wrote:

> Hey Cheyenne,
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> I’m curious if other systems have someone who is dedicated to these types
> of tests. Also, perhaps the resource (this position) already exists in the
> state on a broader level, or perhaps there are other resources out there a
> la nonprofits and association task forces that have done a lot of this
> work. Here’s an example <https://vpats.wordpress.com/> of someone (most
> likely a grad student) who collected and published a list of links to VPATs
> for library databases.
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> Also, since it seems like your email is (for me anyway) a rabbit hole of
> questions, what about the benchmarks—do we have them, who defines them,
> etc? Accessibility is a limitless concept and there is never “too much”
> accessibility, so what does it mean to meet minimum requirements?
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> Greg
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> *Greg Bem, MLIS*
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> *From:* LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] *On Behalf
> Of *Roduin, Cheyenne via LIBRARYDIR
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 7, 2019 12:27 PM
> *To:* WACTC Library Directors <librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>
> *Cc:* Roduin, Cheyenne <croduin at rtc.edu>
> *Subject:* [LIBRARYDIR] WACTCLC staff question
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> All,
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> At an Access360 convening meeting yesterday, we were discussing the work
> involved in testing technologies for accessibility compliance (VPATS, WCAG
> 2.0, etc.) and that trusted testers are really well suited for this work.
> It got me thinking about our libraries and how we all use many of the same
> programs/databases that require a thorough testing and then a “stamp of
> approval” for accessibility that we can all stand behind. Then, this got me
> thinking back to a conversation we had maybe a year or two ago in
> LLC/WACTCLC about the idea of shared specialty staffing that we could all
> use or benefit from.
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> I know we are all currently seeing savings from the consortium not filling
> Shellie’s vacant position and savings are great. But would WACTCLC members
> be interested discussing the idea of temporarily hiring a “Trusted Tester”
> for library resources so that we could all know which of our resources meet
> required benchmarks for accessibility?
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> Just throwing it out there for discussion.
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> *Cheyenne M. Roduin*
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