Dear Alan:
Thanks very much. Yes, the PowerPoint presentation at
http://www.ala.org/newsite does say that the ALA website will adhere "to
Level II of W3C's Website Accessibility Initiative" .. so, as the PowerPoint
reads, that the new website "will be accessible to ALL."
-- you really have to look for it...
And is the PowerPoint presentation accessible to ALL?
Just for the sake of recruiting new members, ALA should prominently
publicize the accessibility of the website in the the e-mail publicity that
can be retrieved in digital-text only format.
Ellen Perlow
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>From: "Bern, Alan" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Library Access -- http://www.rit.edu/~easi"
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>Subject: Re: New ALA Website (as of April 7)
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:25:00 -0800
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>Dear All,
>
>As a place to start, take a look at http://www.ala.org/newsite wherein the
>PowerPoint explains that the ALA website will adhere "to Level II of W3C's
>Website Accessibility Initiative."
>
>Alan Bern, Berkeley Public Library
>
> >>> Schmetzke, Axel 03/31/03 01:41PM >>>
>Dear Ellen (and everyone else),
>
>You are asking precisely the very question(s) that came to my mind when
>I read the ALA announcement. I decided to wait until April 7, when I
>have a chance to take a peek at it.
>Once the new ALA site is up, let's discuss its accessibility on this
>forum and, if needed, figure out what to do about it.
>
>Greetings,
>
>Axel
>******************
>Axel Schmetzke
>University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ellen Perlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:01 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New ALA Website (as of April 7)
>
>Dear Everyone:
>
>The American Library Association [ALA - http://www.ala.org/] is
>inaugurating
>its new website next Monday, April 7, 2003.
>
>According to ALA's Accessibility Policy
>(http://www.ala.org/ascla/access_policy.html), ALA's website needs to be
>accessible.
>
>According to key principles of the library and information science
>profession - diversity, equity of access, and intellectual freedom -
>ALA's
>website needs to be accessible.
>
>After all, ALA is the home of ASCLA, ASCLA LSSPS, and the ASCLA Century
>Scholarship Diversity Initiative
>(http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html)
>
>I am confident that ALA has ensured the accessibility of its new site.
>But
>why is ALA not publicizing this fact in their press releases about the
>new
>website?
>
>During the past two weeks, ALA and its components have posted various
>press
>releases about the new website. The accessibility of the new website
>has
>not been mentioned.
>
>Is Accessibility such a given these days that it can be assumed?
>
>During the past two weeks, upon first reading the press releases, I have
>inquired with a number of ALA offices - other than ASCLA - about the
>accessibility of new site. Some ALA staff did not know to what I was
>referring, thinking that I was referring to the availability of the new
>site
>(beginning April 7) rather than to its Accessibility (as in W3C
>WAI/Section
>508, etc.).
>
>Achieving accessibility and equity of access is a 24-hour-a-day positive
>educational endeavor. We who already are accessibility advocates and
>self-identifying members of the class may understand the importance of
>accessibility, but let us not assume that accessibility is as yet
>perceived
>as universally important as it truly is.
>
>So does anyone know, is the new ALA website accessible?
>
>--------------------------------
>
>Ellen Perlow
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>
>
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