Kudzu-Ops Mailing List: NEWS: WRLC and GWLA Join Library Accessibility Alliance

[John Burger (jburger]

ASERL Friends:

 

On behalf of the Library Accessibility Alliance (LAA), I am pleased to share news of our recent growth:  Today we announce the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) have joined the LAA.  The four consortial partners now in LAA represent more than 100 large academic libraries across the US, working to ensure equitable access to library content and services.

 

The full news announcement is attached -- in both WORD and PDF format -- along with a copy of the LAA logo, if it is helpful with sharing the news of our recent growth.  The online version of the announcement is at https://www.btaa.org/about/news-and-publications/news/2021/02/08/library-accessibility-alliance-adds-new-partners-gwla-and-wrlc-to-bolster-accessibility-awareness-assessment-outreach .  Contact information for each consortium is included in the announcement, as desired.

 

Also, FYI -- For the time being, LAA’s web content is hosted by the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) – see https://www.btaa.org/library/accessibility/reports .  BTAA was a pioneer is this work, starting with their e-resource accessibility assessments in 2016, and co-founding the Library Accessibility Alliance in 2020.  ASERL began partnering with BTAA in 2019 on this work, and together we launched the Library Accessibility Alliance a year ago.  With our new partners now on board, we will soon have a new, dedicated LAA website in development.

 

Thanks for your consideration!

 

--jeb

 

John Burger, Executive Director

Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)

 

c/o Robert W. Woodruff Library

540 Asbury Circle, Suite 316

Atlanta, GA  30322

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