Accessibility: are you reaching everyone? (Cerritos, CA, USA)
Monday, March 16th, 2009 by Alexis Antonelli| May 8, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (LACASIST) presents their 2009 workshop.
This year’s program focuses on the accessibility and usability of products and services for persons with disabilities. Given the fine line between accessibility and usability in today’s realm of information technology, these words are often intertwined. Fundamentally, accessibility refers to ensuring that products and services are “available” to every user. Even then, however, the mere availability of an accessible technology does not necessarily ensure its usability. Ultimately, when users with disabilities are unable to use a product or service–deemed accessible or not–this becomes a usability issue that should be addressed holistically and with the proper tools. This workshop will focus on the following:
- Learn who the users are and understand their needs
- Explore accessible technologies that are currently available and preview some of the emerging accessible technologies to date
- Examine what it means to design for accessibility by learning about accessibility guidelines as well as methodologies in practice
Date: Friday May 8, 2009
Time:
9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Workshop Begins
Location:
Cerritos College, Teleconference Center
Cerritos, California
Workshop Registration Fees
Include breakfast, lunch, and program registration. Proceeds from this event send a student to the ASIST Annual Meeting via the McKinley Scholarship Fund and recognize a rockstar information professional in the Contributions to the Information Science and Technology Awards (CISTA).
Early Bird Rates (before and on April 17, 2009)
- ASIST Member: $ 45
- Non-ASIST Member: $ 60
- Student in a degree program: $ 30
Regular Rates (after April 17, 2009)
- ASIST Member: $ 55
- Non-ASIST Member: $ 70
- Student in a degree program: $ 40
Max Occupancy: 110
Last Day to Register: April 30, 2009
If you have registration questions, please contact Bo-Gay Salvador at lacasis at gmail dot com or leave a message at (213) 985-1219.
Please submit one form per person attending.
THE SPEAKERS (Confirmed)
- Rhea Joyce Rubin, professional librarian, trainer, consultant
- Patrick Burke, UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program
- Gerry Hanley, California State University Office of the Chancellor
WORKSHOP AGENDA (Subject to Change)
- 9:00 am registration/breakfast
- 9:30: introduction
- 10-10:45 KEYNOTE - Rhea Joyce Rubin
- 11-12 SESSION 2: Demonstration of accessibility technologies with Patrick Burke, UCLA
- 12-1:30 LUNCH/DEMO TABLES/POSTER SESSIONS
Lunch will be provided. - 1:30-2:15: SESSION 3: Tools & Technology with Gerry Hanley, CSU Office of the Chancellor
- 2:30-3:30: SESSION 4: Accessibility & Design Best Practices with Carl Uebelhart, UCLA AIS (unconfirmed)
- 3:30-4:00 POSTER SESSIONS
