Yesterday I gave a lightning talk at the Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC) Annual Conference, which was held at Hamilton College. This annual event is a chance for library staff from a four-county region to come together to learn and network. The event started with a keynote panel discussion focused on resiliency, which was followed by seven lightning talks divided between the morning and afternoon on a wide variety of topics, and a short annual business meeting.
My talk on "10 Fundable Accessibility Upgrades For Your Library" was inspired by the one-day New York State Library conference entitled, "Room For Everyone: A Library Accessibility Day of Learning." I published a post on that in August. Every library is interested in making its building more accessible and they often need funding to make those changes. I wanted to provide ideas on projects they could do to make their facilities and services more accessible, include a few that are free or low cost to implement.
Below are my slides. Please share them with others who are interested in accessibility.
An Accessibility Bummer: I created and viewed the slides on my laptop before going to the conference and did not see them projected until I presented. So I was saddened that blue URL links did not show up well on the screen. As PowerPoint often does, it provided a color template that was not indeed fully accessible. While I couldn't test out my slides on a projector in advance, if possible it is always good to do that. It can be amazing to see how Microsoft's suggested color combinations do not work.
