Most academic libraries rely on student employees to interface with patrons and keep the library functioning. Student supervisors are often tasked with training and managing numerous students, with varying levels of support and guidance from their institutions. In 2025-26 the Student Employment Project Group created four documents to begin compiling resources to support student employee […]
Category: Training & Documentation
DUX Program Days 2026
DUX Program Days is an online space to share, talk, and learn about elements of library work that make the DUX community who we are: DEI, anti-racism, user experience, accessibility, reference services, teaching and learning. And most importantly, how these elements intersect with and inform each other.
Disability History Timeline
A disability history timeline focused on selected time periods.
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).
Alliance Training and Documentation Search
This search page limits results to Alliance webpages with categories for training and documentation.