Below are the headlines from the January 31, 2020 📢 Nic News Weekly:
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. 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. WHERE: Stephenson Public Library - Marinette
WHEN: Thursday, December 5th, 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Doors open 9AM) Topics will include the following:
See detailed agenda below: Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
Keyword: Accessibility
If you're looking for tips on making your website more accessible, the WebAIM Newsletter is a great place to start. WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. Its mission is to empower organizations to make their web content accessible to people with disabilities.
The September WebAIM newsletter has a few topics that really stood out: Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
We all know libraries and their services are supposed to be available to everyone. It’s even in Wisconsin law that public libraries have to be accessible to people with “special needs.” But how can we predict which special needs we need to accommodate? … or which unique combinations of barriers and assets people will need us to address? The Inclusive Services Assessment and Guide for Wisconsin Public Libraries is meant to be your roadmap for these issues. To see what we mean by this, watch this short video about how one library navigated inclusive services. Below are the headlines from the 08/02/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
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