A disability history timeline focused on selected time periods.
Category: Diversity and User Experience
User Testing, Accessibility
Immigration Status and Support
Terms in this section focus on concepts related to immigration status and support. Some of these terms may also serve in broader capacities.
Signage & Wayfinding
This section provides resources regarding signage and wayfinding in libraries. Including journal articles, literature reviews, videos, checklists, guidelines and examples, topics range from signage inventories, signage design, wayfinding techniques, and accessibility.
Sensory Elements
The resources on this page can provide information on best practices, guidelines, examples, and current research on sensory elements in the library.
Safety
This section addresses both physical and psychological safety (i.e., real security from harm and perception of security) as aspects of library physical spaces.
Furniture & Use of Space
Discusses types and selection of furniture, physical accessibility, and how students and other user groups use academic library spaces. Includes discussion of assessment methods.
Design & Aesthetics
This page provides resources for librarians to review aesthetics such as lighting, color, green space, artwork, book displays, and other exhibits to increase student belonging and mental health along with creating culturally responsive and inclusive spaces.
Undue Financial or Administrative Burden
These are considerations and resources for the undue financial or administrative burden (“undue burden”) defense as part of the updated web accessibility regulations (ADA Title II and HHS Section 504).
Like any other digital content, emails must be readable and navigable by people with a wide range of abilities including those using screen readers, magnifiers, keyboard-only navigation, or alternative input devices. Accessible emails improve usability for everyone, including individuals with visual, cognitive, or motor disabilities.
Spreadsheets
Regardless of which software you are using to create spreadsheets, there are some key concepts to check for and be aware of when testing spreadsheets for accessibility.