“The idea of the disabled being a small number usually begins with the misconception that web accessibility is all about the blind. Though many of the efforts towards an accessible web aim at the visually impaired, there’s actually more to it than that.”
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Cunningham: Accessibility covers four groups
At 21Times.org, author Katie Cunningham addresses a belief held by business owners and website administrators concerning accessibility: that there are so few people with disabilities in the world that, statistically, it is highly probable that none of these are using the product or site. She states:
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Last sale at old Middletown library
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| Image added Oct. 13: ‘Friends’ book sale, Middletown library |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
‘We Are United for Libraries’
At the ALA Membership blog, contributor Sally Gardner Reed asks, “when libraries cost so little and deliver so much,” why aren’t all politicians running on pro-library platforms?
According to Reed, for more than 100 years, libraries have ensured that “all people in the community have access to the resources they need and want to be self actualized and self governing people.”
This has certainly been the case for me.
Whether it was ensuring my early access to Internet technology or pursuing information I needed, I consistently turned to the library.
Learning to weave? I went to the library. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome? Again, I went to the library.
The problem, as identified by Reed, is that community leaders simply do not understand the core roles played by libraries. “The all too prevalent belief that libraries have been obviated by the internet lends testimony to their ignorance.”
Reed emphasizes the importance of constituents making the case for libraries. “That’s where friends of the library groups, trustees, foundation members and active library patrons come in.”
Reed is executive director of United for Libraries, formerly known as the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations. She invites library supporters to make use of toolkits, webinars, practical guides and networking opportunities.
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| United for Libraries |
According to Reed, for more than 100 years, libraries have ensured that “all people in the community have access to the resources they need and want to be self actualized and self governing people.”
This has certainly been the case for me.
Whether it was ensuring my early access to Internet technology or pursuing information I needed, I consistently turned to the library.
Learning to weave? I went to the library. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome? Again, I went to the library.
The problem, as identified by Reed, is that community leaders simply do not understand the core roles played by libraries. “The all too prevalent belief that libraries have been obviated by the internet lends testimony to their ignorance.”
Reed emphasizes the importance of constituents making the case for libraries. “That’s where friends of the library groups, trustees, foundation members and active library patrons come in.”
Reed is executive director of United for Libraries, formerly known as the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations. She invites library supporters to make use of toolkits, webinars, practical guides and networking opportunities.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
TV anchor chastises bully
Television anchor Jennifer Livingston of WKBT-TV stands up to bullying in a video shared by Todd Wasserman on Mashable.com.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Happy Banned Books Week
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| Slide image for Banned Books Week |
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