<font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">NASIG Webinar: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How Accessible Is Our Collection? Performing an E-Resources Accessibility Review</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1303257537"><span class="aQJ">Thursday, October 19, 2017</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Time: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1303257538"><span class="aQJ">1:00 pm (ET)</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Length: 1 hour</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As usage of electronic resources has grown, ensuring that e-resources are accessible by users with disabilities has often gone ignored. While vendors are increasingly taking steps to address this issue, there is a noticeable lack of consistency across e-resource platforms. American University Library undertook a project to assess the accessibility of its subscribed e-resources and documented the efforts being made by vendors to make their products accessible. This webinar will describe methods and resources for compiling an accessibility inventory, and outline how libraries can further engage with vendors on this crucial issue. The webinar is adapted from a session held at the 2017 NASIG conference in Indianapolis, IN.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Michael Fernandez is the Electronic Resources Librarian at American University, where he oversees an ERM unit responsible for providing access to a diverse array of databases, e-journals, e-books, and datasets. He received his MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has previously held positions at the National Library of Medicine and the University of Mary Washington. His research interests include licensing, collection management, and ERM staffing.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">This webinar will be recorded and made available to registrants after the webinar is completed.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Late registration dates to purchase recording: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1303257539"><span class="aQJ">October 19, 2017 through April 18, 2018</span></span>. After </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1303257540"><span class="aQJ">April 18, 2018</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> the recording will be made freely available.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: bold;">Webinar Rates:</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0pt 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2;" dir="ltr"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">NASIG non-member: $50</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Registration Deadline for live event: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1303257541"><span class="aQJ">October 18, 2017</span></span>.</p>
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