Subject: [jats-list] [ANN] Accessibility: Blind Canadian scholars presentation From: "Mark Weiler mweiler@xxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:08:35 -0000 |
To those focused on how JATS can address features needed for print-disabled readers On October 3rd, a group of blind Canadian students and scholars will be on a panel at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network<https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/conference/2022-crkn-conference-strength- community/program/ensuring-worlds-knowledge-accessible-all> to talk about experiences with journal and digital content inaccessibility. The panelists will provide a range of perspectives (from undergrad, to graduate student, to post-doctoral, to faculty) about the importance of libraries purchasing academic journal articles built with features blind readers in university need. The disadvantages created by not being able to get page numbers from reading materials in academic environments will probably come up. Ibll be moderating the panel. bEnsuring that the bWorldbs Knowledge is Accessible By Allb: Canadian Blind Scholars Share their Experiences of Journal and other Digital Contentb The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and its members are critical partners in the work of ensuring access to the worldbs knowledge for a diversity of students and faculty with print disabilities. The 2016 CRKN model license was a step in the right direction. However, unless principles of accessibility are intentionally centred at all stages of CRKNbs activities - from procurement of academic journal subscriptions and eBooks, to negotiation with vendors, and the digitization of existing and often historic print resources - CRKN members may actually create and sustain accessibility barriers for disabled readers. In this round table presentation, blind scholars from diverse academic fields of study at Canadian universities and at various stages of our academic careers will highlight why strong and reciprocal community collaboration and deliberate relationship building are essential for CRKN to ensure its activities support digital accessibility. The panel will demonstrate how blind scholars access journal articles and eBooks with screen readers and braille displays. We will describe the everyday access barriers we face when we try to engage with the journal articles and other digital materials we require to complete and teach courses and undertake a diversity of research projects. We will also describe the significant personal impacts of encountering inaccessible library materials. Finally, we will offer our perspectives on practical solutions that are grounded in an assertion that accessibility is necessarily facilitated by a collective commitment across CRKN members and a collaborative relationship that centres diverse disabled expertise in all aspects of this work. Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology & User Experience Design Librarian Web Accessibility Specialist | JAWS certified, 2020 Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Ave, West Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104 Phone: If speaking together is preferred, please email me first mweiler@xxxxxx<mailto:mweiler@xxxxxx>
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