[CODE4LIB] Seeking more volunteers for the 2022 conference accessibility committee

Want to make the 2022 conference an accessible and inclusive event for present and remote attendees? The accessibility committee has a few spaces open for more volunteers. Any level of expertise is appreciated. If you want to learn, you help will still be valuable. Sign up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Accessibility Specialist at Syracuse University Libraries

FYI, this is a variant of my previous position at SU. I invite and encourage anyone interested in the position to contact me with details about the position and the place of work. Kate Deibel, PhD Library Accessibility Consultant and Engineer kndei...@metageekery.org -Original Message-

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list over the years

There's also the critical aspect of what format provide usable artifacts of the discussions. What information needs to be readily available later? I will 100% support email over other options at times when I need that. With email, I can readily curate the messages into places where I can find th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell Phone - Voice Mail Indicator

As much as I'm loathe to say good things about Google, I replaced my cellphone in the fall with a Pixel 5. It's pretty dang good. Katherine “Kate” Deibel, PhD Library Accessibility Specialist Twitter: https://twitter.com/metageeky GitHub: https://github.com/metageeky -Original Message-

[CODE4LIB] C4L22 Speaker Images and Alt Text

On behalf of the accessibility committee, I would like to thank all the speakers who have submitted speaker images as well as providing alternative text for the images. We are continuing to push on and improve the accessibility of the conference. Thank you!

[CODE4LIB] Last Call: C4L22 Speaker Images and Alt Text

With less than a month to go, Code4Lib 2022 presenters and speakers should be thinking about their presentations and their lasting legacy on the website. If you have not submitted your speaker photo or the alt text, please use the submission form

[CODE4LIB] Accessibility at Code4Lib 2022

For those attending Code4Lib in a few weeks, accessibility information for the conference has been updated and is now available on the conference site. Whether attending in-person or remotely, we invite everyone to review the various efforts

Re: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

Not everyone. There are people who recognize that "they" can be used in the singular case as it was previously in the history of the English language. "They is a librarian" is a grammatically correct sentence. Katherine “Kate” Deibel, PhD Library Accessibility Specialist Twitter: https://twitte

Re: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

heck auto-correction. But I guess we are straying a bit from the purpose of the list. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Katherine Deibel Sent: Tue

Re: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

rammar auto-correct would not work. Always sanity-check auto-correction. But I guess we are straying a bit from the purpose of the list. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessibility auditing services?

Yes, avoid AccessiBe. They'll emphasize selling you an overlay that will not work. Kayla, when you say an OER project, does that mean both a website and/or CONTENT. Content introduces different factors for accessibility. Deque does do non-web stuff like PDF and the rest, but I do not find them

[CODE4LIB] Seeking Volunteers for the C4L23 Accessibility Committee

Hello all, I'm seeking volunteers to help ensure that the 2023 Code4Lib conference is accessible to all attendees, both in-person and virtual. The committee touches all parts of the conference including the website, advising presenters, captioning, and meals. Whether you're old hat at accessibi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dictating with the Logo key in Windows

Just tested. It will put the dictation in the currently active application and cursor location. It will also inform you if dictation is fully supported in the app. For example, it told me this for Notepad++. While it transcribed what I said, I could not use a command like 'Select All'. Kate Dei

Re: [CODE4LIB] Scalar and ADA Compliance?

Not to be too nitpicky, but the ADA does not contain web accessibility standards. Most likely, you meant that Scalar is no longer meeting WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2 AA conformance. WCAG 2.1 AA is the most recent version of these guidelines, but in the USA at least, the only le

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] Re: [CODE4LIB] Scalar and ADA Compliance?

I had not heard of that law. Nice to hear about other states doing this. Still not ADA compliance though, although there are some bills being worked on in the Senate to add digital accessibility to the ADA or at least to the same areas the ADA covers. The Rehabilitation Act, which includes Secti

Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings

I would check to see if the mailing list software has blocked the jobs feed as a spammer or something like that. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Matt Sherman Sent: Monday, January 30, 2023 4:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings

Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings

It's historically been set up as an option when you subscribe to get job postings or not. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Janna Avon Sent: Monday, January 30, 2023 4:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings Hey folks, I honestly s

Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings

Matt: https://code4lib.org/irc/#slack -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Matthew Adair Sent: Monday, January 30, 2023 4:37 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings How would one go about getting an invite to the Slack channels? -Matt -

[CODE4LIB] Speaker Images Call for Information Redux

To all who are speaking at Code4Lib 2023 (both talks and workshops), this is a reminder and ask to provide your information and/or image for the conference's speakers page (https://2023.code4lib.org/speakers/). We ask you to fill out two forms. One is for the general information and the other

Re: [CODE4LIB] Systems - to librarian or not to librarian?

Two questions: 1. Are there benefits or advancement differences between a librarian and technical position at your institution? 2. Is the MLIS requirement strict or do you consider also equivalence such as experience plus technical degrees? Kate Deibel -Original Message- From: Code for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Systems - to librarian or not to librarian?

I will add to this that I am a System Librarian and do NOT have an MLIS. I started in libraries as a web applications specialist and eventually moved on to a librarian role (accessibility librarian) and am now a systems librarian. I have taken some MLIS courses and would like to eventually finis

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF editing options

Just one caveat with many of the newer PDF tools coming out recently, including the Firefox browser one. If you need to do anything with a particular format like PDF/UA (tagged for accessibility) or PDF/A (archival), these newer tools do not always work great. Many devs don't know about and/or d

[CODE4LIB] Share how you integrate in LibGuides in Blackboard

Hello everyone, We have some interest from the larger institution outside the library to better integrate the library into Blackboard. We are considering the built-in Learning Tools Interoperability in LibApps but it would help too to see examples of it in action, even if they are just static s

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] [CODE4LIB] Share how you integrate in LibGuides in Blackboard

Thank you. Do you have a screenshot of what the actual embedded guide looks like in Blackboard? Kate -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Hydy Cates Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:41 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] [CODE4LIB] S

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] [CODE4LIB] Share how you integrate in LibGuides in Blackboard

Thanks. And weirdly, the first time I downloaded the PDF, it was missing the last few pages or was just refusing to display them. Second download was different. I "love" PDFs. Kate -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of Hydy Cates Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 2:1