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=Welcome to the Library of Equal Access!= =This wiki is dedicated to providing resources that can help make any library more accessible to all types of patrons. Some sites included are designed to help the patron, while others are designed to help the library staff. Please feel free to send additional links that you recommend or dead links to leslie.sutherlin@sdcsc.k12.in.us.=

General Aids
Library Accessibility –What You Need to Know, Monique DeLatte, editor This toolkit was developed by ASCLA to assist library staff making their facilities accessible to all types of disabilities. It provides tipsheets on multiple disabilities, as well as help sheets for management and trustees.
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[|Abledata]
This company provides a wide range of items to make life easier for those with disabilities, especially in terms of assistive technology.

[|Association of College and Research Libraries Resource Portal] This is a portal of important resources for libraries and serving the disabled; some of the links provided on this wiki appear there as well, but there are lots more!

Web Design Aids
[|Introduction to Web Accessibility] Created by WC3 Web Accessibility Initiative, this site gives a plethora of information on how to make a library's web presence more accessible by all users, including disabled ot senior.

[|Beyond ALT Text:Making the Web Easy to Use for Users With Disabilities]by Nielson Norman Group This is a extensive study looking at the effectiveness of a variety of tools used to make the web more accessible. Most of the study was done in the United States, but there was some data included from Japan. The actual report is free, but is in a large PDF file.

Journal Articles
Got evidence? Need support for making the case for an accessible library. Check out the Journal Articles.

Disability-Specific Sites
//Autism// Library of Fanwoon and Scotch Plains [] The Library of Fanwood and Scotch Plains in New Jersey have created a website and training videos of how to help autistic patrons in the library.

//Visual Impairments// [|Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic] This website designed to provide audio materials to those with visual impairment or dyslexia. The service provides free membership to individuals or families, and their fee-based programs for schools, districts, or agencies. Using a volunteer base of readers helps to keep the cost of this program down. Materials include topics appropriate from youth to adult, fiction to nonfiction.

[|JAWS Visual reader] This is the Freedom Scientific website that sells JAWS software, and other technology assists that help those with visual impairments.

[|National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)] This service is available for blind and some physically disabled readers who would not otherwise be able to access print materials. The use is free and thre are access libraries in all 50 states as well as abroad.

[|Bookshare] Bookshare is an excellent resource that provides access to books and other written material to people of all ages with disabilities. Organizations (like schools) can become members for free and then they can be the liaison between the patron and the book. The site has great links to helpful resources for other assistive software and devices that can be used by those with print disabilities.

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