G-4 WYDSIWYG: What You Don’t See Is What You Get
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Monday, July 27 - 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Location:
WCC-Room 150 AB
Target Audience:
Library management, computing service librarians and librarians who are responsible for web site designers Learning Outcomes:
1) Participants will be able to design a technology project plan in the context of making web sites compliant with section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2) Participants will be able to identify assistive technology resources and experience how utilizing these tools can improve web site navigation for all users.
In this fascinating session you will learn how the commitment of all parties involved in the web presence of a law school has improved the web experience of students and visitors with disabilities. The session will include a practical demonstration of how a person with visual disabilities “sees” a web site. Panelists will demonstrate how software and common web design trends can improve web site navigation for all users. The program will finish with a call to action to make the web more friendly for people with disabilities by reviewing resources made available through the Computing Services Special Interest Section’s Adaptive Technologies web site.
Speaker(s):
Victoria J. Szymczak, Coordinator and Moderator, Brooklyn Law School Library
Marianne Huger, Georgetown University Law Center
Pablo Garcia Molina, Georgetown University Law Center
Ryan Overdorf, University of Toledo, College of Law Library
Eugene Skornicki, Georgetown University Law Center
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