Hi everyone, (could someone please relay this to IGeLU list?)

I wanted to let the wider community know about this motion recently passed at a meeting of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)’s Collaborative Futures Accessibility (CFA) sub-committee.

If your library or consortium is advancing initiatives within Primo VE, Alma, RapidILL, etc.

• to proactively remove obstacles that disadvantage individuals with disabilities or
• to add features that improve the user experience for people with disabilities,

then please email me as CFA would like to build connections with you.

OCUL = Ontario Council of University Libraries

CFA =  OCUL’s Collaborative Futures Accessibility (CFA) sub-committee.

Whereas CFA is also founded on the understanding that accessibility is a collective responsibility requiring collaboration and consultation across OCUL member institutions,

Whereas Collaborative Future Accessibility sub-committee (CFA) has a responsibility to proactively identify and remove existing and potential barriers,

Whereas CFA is to champion proactively identifying and removing barriers that disadvantage individuals with disabilities

Whereas an ELUNA/IGeLU Accessibility Community of Practice has been formed and the ExLibris Canadian Regional User Group (CANRUG) has been formed.

Be it resolved that Collaborative Future Accessibility sub-committee recognizes that its responsibility to proactively identify and remove obstacles that disadvantage individuals with disabilities and to champion accessibility exists within a widening collective responsibility that includes OCUL members, ELUNA/IGELU and CANRUG.

Mark Weiler, PhD (he & him)

Chair, Collaborative Futures Accessibility (CFA) sub-committee

JAWS certified and Web Accessibility Specialist

Web & User Experience Librarian

Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, Ontario

548-889-5056

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