Schedule and Access
DUX Community Calls for 2026/2027 will use a rotating schedule every three months (e.g., October-December, January-March, and April-June). The first rotation (October-December) will likely be the Third Thursday of the month at either 1pm or 2pm (Pacific). This schedule is tentative pending confirmation by the DUX Community Engagement Standing Group.
Login information is included at the top of the agenda, which is linked below with recordings, transcripts, and chat logs. Contact Amy Coughenour if you missed the login information, or contact Elizabeth Duell if you would like to be added to the DUX Discussion List to receive the agendas and other program information.
The DUX Community Engagement Standing Group encourages all Alliance member staff to attend our community calls, especially if your work includes user experience; accessibility; diversity, equity, and inclusion; reference and instruction; liaisonship; or other areas of library work where you directly assist, support, and engage with users.
Topics and Questions
If you have a question to ask or an issue to bring up with the community, contact Amy Coughenour or use the Anonymous Ask form!
Agendas and Recordings
DUX Community Calls use a running agenda format for the academic year, with the newest meeting consistently at the top of the document. This offers easy context and searchability.
September 2026 to June 2027
- September 16, 2026 – Recording (48:14, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (recruitment, summary of accessibility activities, support DUX spaces)
- DUX Groups Recruitment Status
- Upcoming DUX Program Activities Year in Context (Google Slides)
- DUX Community Calls for FY27
- Feedback Conversation
September 2025 to June 2026
- June 17, 2026 – Recording (47:22, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Accessibility Standing Group (ASG) Update
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Standing Group (DEISG) Update
- May 20, 2026 – Recording (56:41, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- DUX Community Engagement Standing Group (DCESG) Update
- User Experience Standing Group (UXSG) Update
- DUX Program Update (year-in-review)
- April 15, 2026 – Recording (52:08, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (Accessibility Speaker Series, DUX Program Days CFP)
- Mini-Focus Group Strategies (Jylisa Kenyon & Rami Attebury, University of Idaho), slide deck (PowerPoint)
- Tiny Cafés (Beth Filar Williams, Oregon State University), slide deck (Google Slides)
- March 18, 2026 – Recording (51:11, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (Accessibility Speaker Series, DUX Program Days, product accessibility issues)
- Accessibility for Reference, Instruction, and Research Support
- So, You Want to Talk About Accessible Instruction? webinar with Anaya Jones (overview and discussion)
- General discussion about accessible reference, instruction, and research support
- February 19, 2026 – Recording (53:55, YouTube), Agenda
- Joint RSF/DUX Community Call about accessibility and resource sharing and fulfillment (RSF)
- ADA Title II and You: Impacts and Plans for the RSF Community
- Definitions
- Discussion topics (faculty and user concerns, course reserves, lending, borrowing, legality, collaboration, undue burden)
- Ideas for navigating the process
- Ready-to-go resources
- January 21, 2026 – Recording (58:53, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (Training and Documentation updates, Accessibility Speaker Series)
- DUX Standing Group Updates
- Entering a New Year for Reference and Instruction: New Developments in User Behavior
- New / interesting / concerning teaching-related developments
- Students’ searching behaviors
- Ongoing impacts of AI
- December 17, 2025 (not recorded)
- Central Staff Updates (Accessibility Speaker Series)
- Community Share & Chat
- November 19, 2025 – Recording (56:33, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (DEI Training Series, Accessibility Speaker Series, Helmer Award proposals, Online Northwest proposals, Systems discussions about Primo NDE updates)
- Accessibility Conversations – Accessibility for Signage and Wayfinding, Accessibility and Primo VE (current UI and NDE UI)
- October 15, 2025 – Recording (52:44, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (groups starting to meet, upcoming training, Helmer Award proposals, Online Northwest proposals)
- Feedback Conversation – DUX Program Days (continued from September)
- Accessibility Conversation – Accessibility and Third-Party Content
- September 17, 2025 – Recording (46:42, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- Central Staff Updates (recruitment, Anonymous Ask question and response)
- Upcoming DUX Program Activities Year in Context (Google Slides)
- DUX Groups Recruitment Status
- Feedback Conversation #1 – DUX Community Calls
- Feedback Conversation #2 – DUX Program Days
October 2024 to June 2025
- June 25, 2025 – Recording (30:10, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- May 21, 2025 – Recording (53:17, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- April 23, 2025 – Recording (56:59, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- March 19, 2025 (not recorded)
- February 19, 2025 – Recording (41:55, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- January 17, 2025 – Recording (53:25, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- December 18, 2024 – Recording (52:16, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- November 20, 2024 – Recording (54:07, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
- October 16, 2024 – Recording (50:15, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
