Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023

• April 13th, 2023
• in GAAD, UA11y News

Please plan to join colleagues from across campus and around the world to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Thursday, May 18, 2023. This exciting event will include virtual and in-person sessions featuring the following speakers and topics:

• Jennison Asuncion, Head, Accessibility Engineering Evangelism @ LinkedIn. Co-Founder, Global A11y Awareness Day & Vice-Chair GAAD Foundation, interview with UA’s Kristin Kaylor.
• Corbb O’Connor, Director of Accessibility Advocacy, Level Access
• Six Keys for Accessible Online Course Development—Kristin Juhrs Kaylor, based on her book chapter in QM’s Guide to Digital Accessibility
• UA’s Accessibility Toolbox – Kim Smalley and Rachel Thompson
• Using Ally for Learn to make Courses More Accessible – Rachel Thompson and Leslie Kent
• Fix Your Content Day – a worldwide fixathon for Blackboard and beyond.

Full agenda and registration coming soon! Email accessibility@ua.edu with questions or to receive an update when more information is available.

ACRL 2017 Accessibility on the Horizon

• March 23rd, 2017
• in UA11y News

Hello from Baltimore, Maryland! This week, Rachel Thompson is joining UA Libraries’ Melissa Green for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ annual conference. Along with Vanderbilt University’s Melissa Mallon, they will present the panel, “Accessibility on the Library Horizon: The NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition”. This session examines, through the lens of accessibility, the important developments in technology presented in the latest NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition and offers a discussion of technologies on the five-year horizon for academic and research libraries, how they are expected to transform teaching and learning, and their potential to enhance and diminish accessibility and learning for students with disabilities.

Online Resources for ACRL panel