This session will focus on doing a basic physical accessibility audit of your library space. This session will not make you an expert but it will give you a lot of things to think about and resources to help you to do an audit. While the focus will be on physical accessibility, we will also briefly touch on electronic accessibility to raise awareness of it. The session is applicable to not just libraries but to a variety of work settings. Questions are encouraged.
If you would like your library or work space to be evaluated for accessibility as part of a live exercise during the webinar, please send 1-3 photos to martinc4@uw.edu. Please be aware that the webinar will be recorded and available publicly and that not all photos may be included due to the limited time of the presentation. Please send no later than July 15.
Presenter:
JJ Pionke has been an Instructor of Information at Syracuse University since 2019. He teaches the disability and librarianship course. His award winning research focuses on disability and accessibility in libraries for employees and patrons. Named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2020 in the Advocacy category, JJ is an advocate for improving accessibility in libraries as well as for improving the treatment of library employees with disabilities.
By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the NNLM Code of Conduct.
- Describe the difference between ADA compliance and accessibility and be able to see the differences in the physical library space.
- Assess physical spaces using a standard and be able to remediate based on standard specifications.
- Identify potential inaccessible areas of the library and be able to remediate them.