Universal Accessibility Interest Group

Charge

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The Universal Accessibility Interest group offers librarians, support staff, students, and other advocates networking and collaboration opportunities, information sharing and programming to promote accessibility in academic libraries, including web accessibility, assistive technology, reference and instruction for users with disabilities and captioning processes.

Roster

Bridgid Fennell
(Co-Convenor, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Catherine L. Lantz
(Co-Convenor, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Ms. Karen A. Grondin
(Incoming Convener, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Ms. Anaya Jones
(Past Convener, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Megan R. Griffin
(Staff Liaison, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)

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Resources

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Universal Accessibility IG Discussion List
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Composition

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Interest Group membership is comprised of members in the ¹ú²úÊÓƵÍøConnect space. Join the space above to join the group.

Origin

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The Universal Accessibility Interest Group was established at the 2009 Spring Executive Committee Meeting. The next renewal date for this interest group is the 2027 ¹ú²úÊÓƵÍøAnnual Conference.

Staff Liaison

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Megan Griffin
Association of College & Research Libraries
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E-mail: mgriffin@ala.org

Get Involved

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Join the Interest Group, see above under "resources."