The resources below support common ways that library workers across the Alliance perform tasks related to the Diversity & User Experience (DUX) program. Cross-sectional focus on user experience, accessibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
General
- DUX email list: contact Elizabeth Duell to be added to the list
- DUX Discussion (dux-discussion): community building, questions specific to DUX, troubleshooting
- DUX Community Calls
- Join monthly calls on Zoom for discussions, demonstrations, and updates from DUX groups.
- Agendas and login information are disseminated via the DUX Discussion email list.
- If you miss the login information, contact Amy Coughenour, Program Manager, Diversity & User Experience, and Consortial Training Coordinator.
- Centralized support for recurring calendar links: contact Elizabeth Duell to be added to calendar entries
- Anonymous Ask Form
- Ask questions or share issues you’d like help with but are not yet fully comfortable putting out in front of the community.
- Please don’t expect individual replies as the form is completely anonymous.
- DUX groups will typically respond during the next community call, or they may reply via email to the DUX discussion list.
- DUX Program Documentation
- A collection of documentation and resources about topics related to the DUX program.
- Organized according to focus areas:
- Accessibility
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Reference and Instruction
- User Experience
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Accessibility
- Accessibility Toolkit
- Cognitive Diversity and Neuroinclusion Toolkit
- Neuroinclusion in the Workplace speaker sessions (April through June 2025)
- Accessibility of Web Content & Mobile Apps (ADA Title II and HHS Section 504)
- PDF and Digital Materials Remediation Checklist
- Accessibility Speaker Series
- Accessibility Days 2022 recordings
- VPATs (Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates), ACRs (Accessibility Conformance Reports), and accessibility: Do You Have VPAT: Incorporating Accessibility into Subscription Renewals from Summer Meeting 2023 (Faye Christenberry, Hana Levay, and Karen Spence; University of Washington) recording (26:02, YouTube) and slides (Google Slide)
User Experience
- User Testing Toolkit
- User Experience Research Methods
- UX Sampler Sessions (April through June 2025)
- User Experience in Physical Spaces
