[Baynet] Infopeople's webinar on IT Staff's Role in AT Implementation

[Linda Rodenspiel]

Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who
might be interested in this webinar.

Title:  IT Staff's Role in Successful Assistive Technology Implementation

Date and time: November 19, 2008, 12pm - 1pm

This webinar will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for this
Infopeople webinar.  Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the November 19 webinar, go to
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/289/index.html

Planning for purchasing assistive technology (AT) is only the first step in
making a library's computer systems accessible to patrons with disabilities.
Librarians will need to work with information technology (IT) staff on an
ongoing basis to make sure not only that the technology is installed and
maintained, but that it also fits effectively into the library's overall
plan for computer system implementation. This session will cover specific
topics that should be part of any initial dialogue between IT personnel and
librarians responsible for AT implementation, and that should lay the
groundwork for ongoing discussions. 

At the end of this presentation, Webinar participants will: 

.         Understand the three primary ways AT software may be made
available to users, and the implications of each 

.         Understand how CPU and system software choices may affect AT use 

.         Understand potential conflicts among AT software programs and
between AT and other application software on the library's PACs 

.         Understand computing environment issues that may affect AT use 

Speaker:  Jane Vincent.  Jane has been involved in the assistive technology
field as a consultant, presenter, author, researcher, product manager, and
direct service provider. However, libraries have always been her first love,
and she is thrilled to be focusing her consulting work in helping them
implement assistive technology in ways that are both responsive to their
communities and cost-effective. Besides providing assistance to libraries
across California and beyond, she serves on the ALA committees Library
Services to an Aging Population (RUSA) and Services to Patrons with
Learning, Cognitive, Emotional, and Medical Disabilities (ASCLA).

Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webinars to anyone in the
California library community.  If you are outside California, please do not
view the live event.

 

However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the
webinar.  Check our archive listing at:

 

http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived 

 

Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list.

 

Webinar:  IT Staff's Role in Successful Assistive Technology Implementation

Date: November 19, 2008

Time:  12pm - 1pm

Speaker: Jane Vincent

 

 

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