[LIBRARYDIR] WACTCLC staff question

Mon May 13 21:46:02 PDT 2019

Hi, all,

I have been following this discussion, and I asked the director of the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, Danielle Miller,  if she had any suggestions for accessibility testing. Her own staff can help us sometimes, but it's hardly a scalable solution. She said she would recommend WATAP as a great accessibility testing resource: http://watap.org/technical-assistance

Hope that helps,

Best,

Cindy

Cindy Altick Aden (she/her) | Washington State Librarian
Washington State Library | Office of the Secretary of State
6880 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater, Washington
w: 360-704-5276 | c: 360-819-7236 | e: cindy.aden at sos.wa.gov<mailto:cindy.aden at sos.wa.gov>

[wsl-logo]<https://www.sos.wa.gov/library>     [WTBBL] <http://www.wtbbl.org/>     [wsl colored social icons_Facebook - Round] <https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonStateLibrary/>    [wsl colored social icons_Twitter - Round] <https://twitter.com/WAStateLib>    [wsl colored social icons_YouTube - Round] <https://www.youtube.com/user/WAStateLibrary>
~~ Connecting Washington through the power of libraries ~~

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Bem, Greg via LIBRARYDIR
Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 2:17 PM
To: WACTC Library Directors <librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>
Cc: Bem, Greg <Greg.Bem at lwtech.edu>
Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] WACTCLC staff question

Hey Cheyenne,

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.

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?

Greg

Greg Bem, MLIS
Professor and Library Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his

Contact Info
greg.bem at lwtech.edu<mailto:greg.bem at lwtech.edu%0d>
425-739-8100 xt.8898
http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library

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<mailto:librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>>
Cc: Roduin, Cheyenne <croduin at rtc.edu<mailto:croduin at rtc.edu>>
Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] WACTCLC staff question

All,
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.

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?

Just throwing it out there for discussion.

Cheyenne M. Roduin
Library Director

[cid:image001.png at 01D13320.87630A80]

[cid:image013.png at 01D13320.87630A80]

3000 NE 4th St. Renton, WA 98056
Phone: 425-235-2352, ext. 5571
Email: croduin at RTC.edu<mailto:croduin at RTC.edu>
www.RTC.edu<http://www.rtc.edu/>

[cid:image009.png at 01D13320.87630A80]<https://www.facebook.com/rentontechnicalcollege> [cid:image012.png at 01D13320.87630A80] <https://instagram.com/rentontechnicalcollege/>  [cid:image003.jpg at 01D44452.CB89CDC0] <https://www.linkedin.com/school/288416/>  [cid:image011.png at 01D13320.87630A80] <https://twitter.com/rentontech>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0002.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image008.png
Type: image/png
Size: 14820 bytes
Desc: image008.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0020.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image009.png
Type: image/png
Size: 5294 bytes
Desc: image009.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0021.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image010.png
Type: image/png
Size: 3338 bytes
Desc: image010.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0022.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image011.png
Type: image/png
Size: 3830 bytes
Desc: image011.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0023.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image012.png
Type: image/png
Size: 3810 bytes
Desc: image012.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0024.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image013.png
Type: image/png
Size: 5390 bytes
Desc: image013.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0025.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image014.png
Type: image/png
Size: 6793 bytes
Desc: image014.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0026.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image015.png
Type: image/png
Size: 766 bytes
Desc: image015.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0027.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image016.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 632 bytes
Desc: image016.jpg
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0004.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image017.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1216 bytes
Desc: image017.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0028.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image018.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 840 bytes
Desc: image018.jpg
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0005.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image019.png
Type: image/png
Size: 931 bytes
Desc: image019.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/librarydir_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20190514/a228b297/attachment-0029.png>