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Guest Post: How Changes to ADA Title II Impact Libraries – And What We Can Do to Respond

Legal scholar and research librarian Latia Ward explains why changes to ADA Title II matter to all libraries — and offers recommendations.

  • By Latia Ward
  • Jun 11, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — How Libraries and Scholarly Publishers Can Work Together Toward Born-accessible Publishing

Libraries and publishers can work together to improve the availability of accessible published content for people with disabilities. Here we present recommendations to support the cross-sector collaboration necessary to improve the accessibility of content in our communities.

  • By Katherine Klosek, Simon Holt, Katherine McColgan, Judith C. Russell
  • May 1, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Paywalls are Not the Only Barriers to Access: Accessibility is Critical to Equitable Access

Digital accessibility to the scholarly communications process is core to providing equitable access to the literature.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Nov 7, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Guest Post — Accessibility Is The New Innovation

Darrell Gunter discusses the great opportunities available in making all forms of content accessible to everyone.

  • By Darrell Gunter
  • Jul 12, 2016
  • 30 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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