Dear Everyone:
Thank you, Axel, for your superb advocacy.
One note: The entire issue is not just about "The ADA" - as the vendor - and
many others - seem to think (this vendor's attempts to be "ADA-friendly",
"ADA-compliant"). What about Section 508: Do vendors want to continue doing
business with the U.S. Government? There are many other accessibility-related
laws in the U.S. and other nations. Why are we = people being defined by a
law? Accessibility is simply the right thing to do - FOR EVERYONE. The
vendor's goal should be to be as PATRON-friendly, PATRON-compliant as
possible.
Suggestion: When talking with vendors and library and information center
personnel, please stress that your advocacy is all about increasing their
market share/number of patrons : i.e. $$$$, i.e. their bottom line, i.e. you
have THEIR personal best interest in mind. After all, is there ANYONE
getting any younger?
Ellen Perlow
Chair, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee
The ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Diversity Initiative
"Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity"
http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html
Annual Submission Deadline: March 1st
See Also: ALA HRDR Page: http://www.ala.org/hrdr/scholarship.html
Texas Century Scholarship: http://www.txla.org/html/awards/scholar/century.html
Have YOU recruited/applied to be a Century Scholarship applicant today?
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School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman's University
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Denton, TX 76204-5438
Tel.: 940-898-2622 Fax: 940-898-2611
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> Hi there,
> Sometime in April, I posted a messages indicating that Docutek has been
> working on making its core e-reserve product accessible. Here's a
> quotation from the latest update I just received from one of the
> company's regional reps:
> "....My tech team is currently working on the ALT tag coding and our
> next release will reflect these changes. Like you said, it is easy, but
> it is extremely time consuming - so, we have put other things on hold to
> complete this large undertaking. Current clients will get this ADA
> friendly version on our next release which is scheduled for Winter 2002.
> "
> And in response to my complaint about Docutek's inaccessible website:
> "My tech team is also addressing our home Website - but do to the
> resources expended to complete the above task, it may be late winter
> until it is fully ADA compliant. "
> Of course, even with an accessible gateway to e-reserve materials,
> access is still likely to be either impossible or difficult since they
> tend to be scanned-in images (see recent discussion in this forum about
> the accessibility of graphics-based PDF and TIF files.)
> Greetings,
> Axel
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sometime in April, I posted a messages indicating that
Docutek has been working on making its core e-reserve product accessible. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Here’s a quotation from the latest
update I just received from one of the company’s regional reps:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“….My tech
team is currently working on the ALT tag coding and our next release will
reflect these changes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Like you
said, it is easy, but it is extremely time consuming – so, we have put
other things on hold to complete this large undertaking.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Current clients will get this </span></font></span><st1:City><st1:place><span
class=EmailStyle18><font color=black face="Times New Roman">ADA</font></span></st1:place></st1:City><span
class=EmailStyle18><font color=black face="Times New Roman"> friendly version
on our next release which is scheduled for Winter 2002. “ </font></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And in response to my
complaint about Docutek’s inaccessible website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“My tech team is
also addressing our home Website - but do to the resources expended to complete
the above task, it may be late winter until it is fully </span></font></span><st1:City><st1:place><span
class=EmailStyle18><font color=black face="Times New Roman">ADA</font></span></st1:place></st1:City><span
class=EmailStyle18><font color=black face="Times New Roman"> compliant. “<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Of course, even with an
accessible gateway to e-reserve materials, access is still likely to be either
impossible or difficult since they tend to be scanned-in images (see recent
discussion in this forum about the accessibility of graphics-based PDF and TIF
files.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Axel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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