Motion passed: Accessibility and individual and collective responsibility

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<https://ocul.on.ca/cf-accessibility-subcommittee> (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 Notices Upcoming Laurier Library workshops & events<https://library.wlu.ca/events>
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Mark Weiler