Martin & Everybody::

I have been following the Webpacs discussion with much interest, but
recently had a difficulty with my e-mail and lost the saved messages.

Does AXSLIB-L have an archive of messages? If so, could someone please
direct me to it?

If not...is someone out there planning to comile all of this discussion into
an article for posting on the web or a professional journal?

Thanks in advance....Dann

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----- Original Message -----
From: Martin McCormick <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Webpacs


> Audrey Gorman writes:
> >Are you interested in seeing policy, guidelines and standards on
accessibil=
> >ity of electronic technology, specifically, from ALA?  What would you
want =
> >to see covered?  Where would you put the emphasis?  Right now we're =
> >beginning to focus on web accessibility (which would include the webpac =
> >issue) and on accessible library workstations, but we're in the early =
> >stages.  I'd really appreciate help from this group.
>
>         I know I have probably warn out my welcome a long time
> ago, but this is a topic that could not be more central to
> getting past this problem and on to new things.
>
>         Yes, we do need technical standards and web design is the
> best place to start because web technology is the closest thing
> to a common format that we have seen in a long time.
>
>         The previous message about using lynx and pwwebspeak was
> on target because those browsers are generic.  Lynx is free for
> the asking and I believe that pwwebspeak is reasonable.  They
> represent a low-end approach that we should always strive for in
> order to democratize information technology as much as possible.
>
>         We can't blame the vendors totally when they come up with
> bad design because nobody helped point them in the right
> direction.
>         We should be sure to set standards that don't require end
> users to buy specific expensive and commercial products when
> there are publicly available open source tools that work.  It is
> just not that hard to do if one decides that this is how it will
> be done.
>
>
> Martin McCormick 405 744-7572   Stillwater, OK
> OSU Center for Computing and Information services Data Communications
Group
>
> Barrier-free Web Design Online Workshop
> Workshop starts June 7, 2000
> http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops/easiweb.htm
>

Barrier-free Web Design Online Workshop
Workshop starts June 7, 2000
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops/easiweb.htm