FYI--A great conference to attend--and with a special track on
accessibility issues at libraries! Axel
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From: Prof Norm Coombs (by way of Prof Norm Coombs
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Subject: Higher Ground Conference Special Library track
EASI highlights libraries and patrons with disabilities!
Fifth Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference:
Assistive Technology and Accessible Media
in Higher Education
Includes Special EASI Mini Institute on Library Access
University of Colorado-Boulder Campus
November 6 - 8, 2002
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ken Rutherford,
Co-Founder of Landmine Survivors Network
EASI Mini Institute Highlights
EASI will offer a series of special sessions on library access and
access
to library information systems. EASI special sessions include:
Strategies for Creating a Barrier-Free Virtual Library Environment, Axel
Schmetzke, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Commercial Library Databases and Users with Visual Disabilities: Are
Vendors Committed to Accessibility?, Sue Byerley & Mary Beth Chambers,
CU-Colorado Springs
A Report on the Virtual Reference Environment, Now I See It, Now You
Don't: a report on the Virtual Reference Environment, Bryna Coonin,
East
Carolina University
Starting a National Center for Accessible E-learning, East Carolina
University Norm Coombs & Dick Banks, EASI
A for Accessibility: Ensuring LIS Education for Diversity and Equity of
Access, Ellen Perlow, Texas Woman's University
Library Database Accessibility - A Usability Study, Ron Stewart, Oregon
State University
For the full list of over 40 conference sessions and hands-on workshops,
visit the AHG Website at www.colorado.edu/sacs/ATconference.
Phone: 303-492-8671 (v/tty), e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
Cell (949) 922-5992
Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology
http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh
CEO, EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
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