Tag Archives: people with disabilities

NEWS: New ASCLA webinar provides practical tools for increasing usability and accessibility of websites

May 21, 2013 – 5:34 pm

CHICAGO — “Accessibility is Usability,” a new webinar hosted by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), will tackle Web accessibility and its strong connection to usability and will also discuss adaptive technologies, how to write accessible website code and how to check a website for accessibility. “Accessibility is Usability” will cover key concepts of accessible [...]

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Online Course: Sign up today for “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities”

April 15, 2013 – 11:52 am

The next session of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’ (ASCLA) valuable online course “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities” will take place April 22 – May 19 This course includes two live online chat sessions, scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 3-4 pm Central Time and Thursday, May 16, 3-4 pm Central Time. Registration will end [...]

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ASCLA Online Learning: Topics for upcoming offerings include services to Latinos, people with disabilities, youth in detention

March 15, 2013 – 4:34 pm

Our calendar is overflowing with online learning events–keep reading to find one or more that fits your needs. Whether it’s grabbing some quick tips or best practices from a webinar, or gaining a new perspective or relevant skills from an online course, there’s something here to improve your resume and directly impact service delivery at [...]

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Seeking Beta Testers: Webinar for ASCLA Accessibility Academy

February 25, 2013 – 8:43 am

ASCLA is developing an online interactive module on help improve library staff communication and interactions with people with disabilities. “Positive Interactions: Making the Library a Welcoming and Empowering Place for People with Disabilities” is the first presentation in our Accessibility Academy series. We’re seeking a small group of “beta testers” who would be interested in [...]

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RFP issued for ASCLA Accessibility Academy Project Consultant

October 1, 2012 – 11:31 am

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) has issued an RFP for a project consultant to assist in the production of an online, interactive ASCLA Accessibility Academy module focused on improving library staff communications and interactions with people with disabilities; responses are due by Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. ASCLA, a division of ALA, [...]

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2013 Programs, Preconferences and Institutes: Proposals due June 1, 2012

May 8, 2012 – 11:45 am

The deadline for a call for ASCLA proposals for institutes at the ALA 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle and programs and preconferences at the ALA 2013 Annual Conference in Chicago has been extended to June 1, 2012. What’s this all about? Midwinter Institutes are ticketed full or half-day workshops held the Friday of the Midwinter [...]

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Registration for ASCLA’s online course “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities” closes Thursday, April 19

April 17, 2012 – 2:09 pm

Registration is open through close-of-business on Thursday, April 19, for “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities”, an online course offered by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) that prepares your library and library staff to provide effective services to all users of the library. Providing library services to people with disabilities [...]

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