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Assistive Technology and Software to Support Accessibility
- Source :
- Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 39:203-210
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Since the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), efforts have been made to increase access to public services, businesses, education, and public spaces for all members of the community. However, digital accessibility to information online is regularly an afterthought or applied retroactively, rather than a standard consideration integrated into the creation, instruction, and dissemination of information resources. Libraries can serve as advocates for increasing digital accessibility to information resources. This column will investigate what technologies are currently being utilized for digital accessibility, discuss concerns related to digital accessibility, and consider methods for libraries to become more involved with supporting and integrating digital accessibility into online library services.
- Subjects :
- Computer science
Emerging technologies
business.industry
Library services
Health Informatics
Library and Information Sciences
Self-Help Devices
Column (database)
United States
Access to Information
World Wide Web
Library Services
Software
Assistive technology
Humans
Disabled Persons
business
Dissemination
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15409597 and 02763869
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Reference Services Quarterly
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e64471942b7b0f606ba3a8c9951ceebf