member reps senior leaders
As research libraries work to meet 2026 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II deadlines, questions about the library’s role in remediating or otherwise facilitating access to accessible course content have arisen. Accessibility has long been a priority for our libraries, with notable collaborative activity around licensing terms and content testing. At the same time and in anticipation of his upcoming retirement, John Unsworth (Virginia) has spoken at ARL meetings about sustaining the future of the EMMA (Educational Materials Made Accessible) project, a specific initiative that has successfully tested a collaborative model with Disability Services Offices (DSO). How do we understand our role regarding accessible course content role on our own campuses? Are there collaborative activities (including any of the above mentioned) that we can or should scale up, and if so, which and on what financial and/or governance model(s)?
Join us for a Peer-to-Peer Confab on Accessible Course Content.
Date: Thursday, September 4
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
Facilitated by: Claire Stewart (Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Doug Way (Kentucky), Charles Watkinson (Michigan), and Katherine Klosek (ARL)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6138369462?omn=81643436177Meeting ID: 613 836 9462
This Peer-to-Peer Confab is for member representatives and senior leaders. Peer-to-Peer Confabs, hosted by the Member Engagement and Outreach Committee, are confidential discussions and are not recorded. No registration is required. At the conclusion of this discussion, members may suggest other ways to continue the discussion (via a more formal process). They may also determine to do nothing further.
