[Blindmath] communities of practice around math accessibility

[Tara Robertson]

Hi,

 

I've been lurking on this list for a little while. 

 

I'm a librarian who manages a centralized alternate format service for 20
colleges and universities. Last summer we did some training on producing
MathML. Throughout this year we've had some questions from several of the
colleges we serve about accommodations for blind students that are beyond
having a textbook that is accessible. It's clear to me that each of these
institutions is doing the best that they can without a lot of information. 

 

>From my perspective various groups have some of the relevant information
including us, an organization that provides assistive technology (both
hardware and software), disability service offices and math instructors. I'm
hoping to find interested people in our province to start figuring out what
the questions are to support access to math (and stats and comp sci). 

 

Are there existing communities of practice in this area? 

 

Thanks!

Tara

 

Tara Robertson

Accessibility Librarian

 <http://www.caperbc.ca/> CAPER-BC

604.323.5254

 <mailto:trobertson at langara.ca> trobertson at langara.ca