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 Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, wrote a post for the Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone blog regarding two distinct national projects with resources to help us and our community:
 Because we want to provide the best possible service to all people – and some patron interactions require a thoughtful and deliberate approach – you now have anytime access to online training from Ryan Dowd that will give you practical tools you can use every day. Through this training, you will learn how to compassionately manage problems and prevent conflicts with all patrons who enter your library, including those who are experiencing trauma such as mental health issues, homelessness, and substance abuse issues.
The online training is 3½ hours long and is on-demand, so you can watch it little by little or in bigger chunks, whenever works for your schedule. The subscription runs from January - December 2020. Supervisors & Department Heads: please share this info with your staff. If someone on your staff does not have a work email address, please contact Joy Schwartz with their alternate email address and she’ll send them a personalized invitation. WHERE: Door County Library - Sturgeon Bay Branch
Parking is in the city lot between Michigan St. and Nebraska St., across the street from the library. Use the staff entrance on the alley behind the library. WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2020 from 9:00–11AM (8:45-9:00AM sign-in) Snacks and coffee will be provided. Compassionate Accountability: Dealing with Problem Behaviors in the Library Presented by Emily Rogers, Deputy Director and Karla Giraldez, Branch Manager with the Brown County Library We all have those patrons who can make library work more challenging. Maybe they repeatedly violate a policy or they seek out the staff person who is willing to bend the rules for them when you have already told them no. In this session, we will explore ways we can hold patrons accountable for behaviors and still be compassionate. Brown County Library Branch Manager, Karla Giraldez, and Deputy Director, Emily Rogers will discuss tips and tricks to use before, during, and after a behavior concern to help make the library safe for all. Questions? Need an invite? Email Lori Baumgart Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
 The sad reality is that most PDFs found online are not very accessible to screen reader users. For many PDFs, screen reader users can only access the words in the document and not the structure (like headings or lists). In an online survey of over 1000 screen reader users, over 75 percent of people said PDF documents are likely to pose significant accessibility issues. By contrast, just over 30 percent said the same thing about Microsoft Word documents. Considering the large number of PDFs on websites, this is very troubling. The good news is that the process for creating accessible PDFs can be very straightforward. For example, it often only takes a couple minutes to turn a well-structured and accessible source file (like a Word document) into an equally accessible PDF. Source: https://www.macfound.org/pages/get-started/pdf/ NFLS member library staff: if you need further assistance making your documents or media more accessible, please contact Lori Baumgart.
It takes a specialized skill set to conduct a complete web accessibility evaluation, but there are several things anyone can do to evaluate a website. Below are 6 things you can do without a knowledge of HTML. Start by watching this 6-minute video demonstrating these evaluation steps. Then use the details below to try it yourself. |
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