The Accessible Content ePortal (ACE) is a service provided by Scholars Portal, supporting the Ontario Council of University Libraries in making their collections accessible to students and faculty with print disabilities. Our service team has launched a new staff portal and public-facing website to support community engagement and the accessibility request submission process.
By Corinne Abba and Siobán Linnen Imagine you are a college student using the library databases for the first time. You type in your…
By Aneta Kwak, Mariana Jardim and Mark Weiler Introduction: Pack your bags Do you remember the excitement of field trips in school? We want…
By Corinne Abba & Heather Buffett In 2016, Canada became the 20th country to accede to The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published…
The Accessibility Services team at the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is committed to supporting the OPL mission to “inspire learning, spark curiosity, and connect…
In Ontario, the year 2012 was something of a perfect storm for accessibility and copyright in libraries. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)…
Some thoughts on a recent student survey on document accessibility conducted at the University of Guelph.
By January 2014, public institutions across Ontario are required to meet the Information and Communications Standard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act…