[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [LITA-L:6163] Accessible Web Design--ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course]

[Will Stuivenga]

FYI continuing ed opportunity

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Subject: 	[LITA-L:6163] Accessible Web Design--ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum 
Course
Date: 	Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:48:20 -0400
From: 	ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum <lyceum at arl.org>
Reply-To: 	karen at arl.org
Organization: 	ARL/OLMS
To: 	Library and Information Technology Association List 
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Accessible Web Design
ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course
September 15-October 3, 2003

The Association of Research Libraries is pleased to offer the Online 
Lyceum course, Accessible Web Design. Based directly on participants' 
feedback gathered from course evaluation forms, this course was 
redesigned in winter 2002 with a renewed focus on Web accessibility 
standards and incorporates a high level of facilitator feedback through 
new activities and assignments.

Accessible Web Design directly addresses the fact that Web sites that do 
not account for the wide variety of end-user environments may end up 
excluding certain populations. However, by adhering to accessibility 
standards, they are capable of broadcasting to an even larger audience 
through new devices that are otherwise unable to read your webpages, 
such as Web tools to assist people with disabilities, Personal Data 
Assistant (PDAs), Web TV, and other information appliances.

In this course you will:

* Become aware of accessible design principles and resources through the 
discussion and examination of accessibility issues.
* Begin thinking critically about the issues related to accessibility 
and the practice of Web design.
* Consider the various needs of your audience.
* Become familiar with website accessibility guidelines and evaluation 
tools that will help you to design a Web site with adherence to the 
World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Priority Level One accessibility 
guidelines and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998.

Target Audience
The intended audience is producers of web-based content who are 
concerned with creating flexible and scaleable Web sites that meet the 
World Wide Web Consortium accessibility guidelines. Prior Web experience 
is not required.

Instructors
* Blaire Bundy, Technology Training Consultant, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
* Kevin Rundblad, Assistant Instructional Development Librarian for 
Instructional Support Services, Library Affairs, Southern Illinois 
University-Carbondale.

Technical Requirements
* Netscape Navigator 4.x or newer; or Internet Explorer 4.x or newer;
* Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or newer; or Macintosh OS 7.x or newer, in order 
to properly support Java/Java Script; and
* RealPlayer 7.x or newer in order to run multimedia.

Cost
$300 for ARL members
$350 for nonmembers

Registration Deadline: Friday, September 5, 2003
Please note: All online workshops are capped at 30 participants.
For detailed course information and a course schedule, please visit 
<http://www.arl.org/training/web.html>.

If you have any questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions 
page at <http://www.arl.org/training/faqs.html> or contact the ARL/OLMS 
Online Lyceum at <lyceum at arl.org> or by phone: 202-296-8656.


-- 
Karen A. Wetzel
Program Officer for Distance Learning
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: 202-296-8656
Fax: 202-872-0884
karen at arl.org


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Computer Systems Manager/Librarian
Coastal Resource Sharing Network, Oregon
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