Dear Colleagues,
   I wonder if doing a national study on the accessibility of Libguides (e.g. a survey of students, faculty and librarians who use this product) would be appropriate for writing a chapter of this book.

    Regards,

    Sherry Gelbwasser

Sherry E. Gelbwasser,MLS, Ed.D
Information Services Librarian
Learning Resource Center 
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT 06082
860-253-3161
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From: Doug Cook [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:56 AM
To: Adina Joyce Mulliken
Cc: Aaron Dobbs; Ryan Sittler
Subject: Re: Call for Chapter Proposals

Adina
Thanks for bringing this up.  We are open to adding useful chapters to the book so we appreciate your ideas.  If you could forward this to your listserv we would be open to a chapter on accessibility
Cheers
Doug
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Adina Joyce Mulliken <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi Aaron, Ryan and Doug,

I wanted to make a suggestion about including some discussion about web accessibility of Libguides in the book.  I guess that fits into some of the chapters you planned if not a separate chapter, so you probably already have it in mind, but hope you don't mind if I add my 2 cents anyway. Springshare came up during the LITA Universal Accessibility Interest Group discussion at Midwinter and several people seemed concerned about it.  I emailed quite a while ago with Springshare about adding a way to for authors to add form labels, adding skip navigation, and making it more possible to create logical heading structure for their regular and mobile interfaces, but I haven't found time to follow up with them about it.  Last time I checked, they hadn't fixed it.  At least there are some things we Libguide authors can do to make our guides more accessible in spite of these problems.  With the web accessibility law suit against Penn State and the upcoming additions to ADA web accessibility regs, I think librarians are starting to get more support from our Administrations to pay attention to accessibility.

I wouldn't be able to volunteer to write about this due to other commitments, but my Library has a Libguide on Libguide accessibility here http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/aecontent.php?pid=44689 in case that's helpful for anyone. (Suggestions to improve the info on there are very welcome.)

If you could use any help with finding someone to write about this, I'd be happy to forward your announcement to LITA UAIG if you want.  Thanks!!

-Adina

Adina Mulliken
Reference Librarian, Social Work, CFS, MFT, Aging, Disability Studies
Library Disability Services
Bird Library
Syracuse University
222 Waverly Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-443-9519

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FYI -- From the Library and Information Technology list.  A great opportunity for anyone who has LibGuides knowledge and tips to share!

Michele


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Call for Chapter Proposals
LibGuides: Making Dynamic Web Design and Management Simple for Non Web-designers
A LITA Guide

Editors - Aaron Dobbs, Ryan Sittler, and Doug Cook

Send proposals to Doug Cook - dr.library.guy at gmail.com<http://gmail.com>


Aaron, Ryan, and Doug have a contract with LITA and Neal-Schuman to edit a LITA
Guide on using software, such as LibGuides, to enhance library services. This
timely book will provide the new user of such software as LibGuides with tips
and techniques to get the most use out of the product.  The book will also have
interest to the seasoned creator of guides as we will be including chapters
providing a theoretical basis for the best use of the web, particularly in
conjunction with instruction and design.  We are also planning a Guides
Showcase of outstanding examples of Research Guides, which should provide
readers with numerous ideas.

We would like proposals from potential authors for the following chapters.
(more details at website)

1.      Introduction to Online Research Guides
2.      Building a Collection of Research Guides
3.      The Tenets of Good Web Design/Layout
4.      Creating Pages from a Pedagogical Perspective
5.      Administering a Web Page Development Platform
6.      LibGuides - How to Get Started Creating Guides
7.      LibGuides - Advanced strategies and techniques
8.      LibGuides - LibAnswers and Community Guides
9.      Assessment and Web Guides
10.     Other Library Guide Software
11.     Other Ideas??
12.     Research Guides Showcase - chapter or possible companion web site


PROPOSALS (more details at web site)
We would like proposals by February 15, 2011.  Final accepted chapters will be
due to us by August 1, 2011.  The publication date is currently set for Spring
2012.  Chapters must be unique to this book, if you have published an article
about LibGuides, your chapter cannot be a rehash of the same topic.  Workshops
and presentations are fine as a basis for a chapter.

Proposal details are at:
sites.google.com/site/drlibraryguy/home/recentbooks-1/libguides-call<http://sites.google.com/site/drlibraryguy/home/recentbooks-1/libguides-call>

Email any of us with questions:

-Aaron Dobbs, Systems & Electronic Resources Librarian, Shippensburg University
of PA, awdobbs at ship.edu<http://ship.edu>.

-Ryan Sittler, Instructional Technology / Information Literacy Librarian,
California University of PA, sittler at calu.edu<http://calu.edu>

-Doug Cook, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Shippensburg University of PA.
dr.library.guy at gmail.com<http://gmail.com>



--
Dr. Doug Cook
Instruction Librarian and Professor
Shippensburg University

LibGuides: Making Dynamic Web Design and Management Simple for Non Web-designers - A LITA Guide. Edited by Aaron Dobbs, Ryan Sittler, and Doug Cook (NY: Neal-Schuman, tentatively Spring 2012) WE NEED CHAPTER AUTHORS https://sites.google.com/site/drlibraryguy/home/recentbooks-1/libguides-call



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