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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Together with ARL staff, I helped to organize the following preconference session which you are all invited to attend.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please help us to promote this to colleagues you know might be attending.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Resources for Everyone: Challenges and Opportunities in Producing Learning Resources for Users of All Abilities</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Registration Cost: $110</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:black">Understanding diverse user experiences and developing new ideas and transparent approaches to serving users of all abilities brings new dimensions to the world of libraries. To advance
conversations and action in this area, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a preconference on producing and providing access to accessible learning resources, the day before the 2015 Charleston Conference, Wednesday, November 4, 9:00 a.m.–noon.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:black">Multiple speakers will offer attendees a unique kaleidoscopic glimpse into the world of library users with print disabilities, incorporating technology demonstrations, a review of national
and international legislative guidelines, and user input. This session will also offer the opportunity for the audience to raise questions in a forum-style format, engaging with speakers and library patrons to tackle topics of digital- and print-format accessibility
and opportunities for libraries and publishers to grow in this area. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:black">Speakers will include:
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<b>Judy Ruttenberg</b>, Program Director, Association of Research Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b>Kathryn Cornell Webster</b>, Analytical and Innovative Mathematics, Business, and Computer Science Student, Wake Forest University<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b>Binky Lush</b>, Manager of Discovery, Access, and Web Services, Penn State University Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b>Charlotte Innerd</b>, Head, Collection Development and Acquisitions, Wilfrid Laurier University Library<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b>Nancy King</b>, Director of Product Management, EBSCO<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more details, <b><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/preconferences/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/preconferences/</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do not hesitate to contact me directly with questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yours truly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Katya<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">Katya Pereyaslavska,
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">(M.A., M.I<i>.</i>)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Librarian, Accessibility Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ARL Visiting Program Officer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">(</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B050"><a href="http://www.ocul.on.ca/node/2192"><span style="color:#00B050;text-decoration:none">ACE
Service</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444"> 2014 - present)<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">(</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B050">Accessibility Toolkit</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">
2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">(</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B050"><a href="http://www.ocul.on.ca/node/3132"><span style="color:#00B050;text-decoration:none">ROAM</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">2014
- 2015)<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">ScholarsPortal, Ontario Council of University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">416 946 8616</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#548DD4"><a href="mailto:katya@scholarsportal.info"><span style="color:#548DD4">katya@scholarsportal.info</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444">
| </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#548DD4"><a href="http://www.scholarsportal.info/"><span style="color:#548DD4">www.scholarsportal.info</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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