[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technology Training Session, Feb 16, 2013

[mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo]

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On 2/12/13, Brown, Debbie <dabro at loc.gov> wrote:
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>
> From: Timony, James (DCPL) [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 6:33 PM
> To: Timony, James (DCPL)
> Subject: Saturday Technology Training Session, Feb 16, 2013
>
> Saturday Technology Training Session
> 1PM to 4PM, Saturday, February 2, 2013
> Room 215, Adaptive Services Division
> Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
> 901 G Street NW
> Washington, DC, 20001
>
> University of Maryland iSchool Project Presentations
>
> ASL Interpreted!
>
> Please come to a Saturday Technology Training Session on February 16, 2013
> from 1pm to 4pm, to find out about a group of projects that the University
> of Maryland iSchool (information school) will be working on with the
> Adaptive Services Division this spring.  The Saturday Session will include
> short presentations on the projects as well as break out groups to discuss
> the projects.
>
> Project 1 - Maker Spaces, will create a how-to document on bringing the
> Maker movement into a library setting.
>
> Project 2, Web Accessibility, will create/assemble a plain language 508/WCAG
> technical assistance manual to facilitate training in the creation of
> accessible web content.
>
> Project 3, Accessible Gaming, will create policies and procedures for
> setting up an accessible video gaming arcade in a library setting.
>
> Project 4, Accessible Programming, will develop a how-to document on
> facilitating programming skill classes for blind teens in a library
> environment.
>
> Project 5, Video Log for the Deaf Community, will create a how-to document
> on providing accessible library service to the deaf and hard of hearing
> community programs online.
>
> Project 6, Accessible Local Wiki, will create a how-to document on building
> an accessible wiki that is dedicated to job seekers with disabilities and
> job providers.
>
> The following experts will weigh in on various individual projects:
> Michael Smith Welch from Future Makers will talk about maker spaces, gaming
> and accessible programming
> Jessica Hunt from DC Department on Disability Services will talk about Web
> Accessibility
> Greg Bloom from the Broadband Bridge will talk about Accessible Local Wikis
> Janice Rosen from the DC Public Library will talk about the Video Log for
> the Deaf Community
> Patrick Timony from the DC Public Library will talk about the projects in
> general
>
> Saturday Technology Training Sessions are an opportunity for members of the
> Adaptive Technology user community to get together and share information in
> an open environment.  Adaptive Technologies are broadly defined to include
> assistive software, hardware and systems (like screenreaders, speech-to-text
> and video-relay-services that help people with disabilities get access to
> the library's programs and services), but also any procedure for success,
> like a job search strategy or any methodical approach to achieving a goal
> that important to participants.
>
> Some examples of demonstrations and presentations from past sessions have
> included iPhone and iPad accessibility, captioned telephone, Deaf-Blind
> communications and technology, Job Search strategies, meditation, and
> laughter yoga.
>
> The meetings take place on the first and third Saturdays of each
> month<http://www.dclibrary.org/node/29960> with a few exceptions for
> holidays. They are held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Adaptive Services
> Division, DC Public Library, Room 215, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
> Library, 901 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20001.  We are located between
> Gallery Place Chinatown and Metro Center on the Red Line. There is no public
> parking at the MLK Library.
>
> James Patrick Timony
> Librarian, Adaptive Technology
> DC Public Library
> 202-727-1335
>
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