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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Great news. Now if we can get other institutions to follow suit …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#57068C;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#D11255;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=89 height=30 style='width:.925in;height:.3083in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.nyu.edu/info/email.direct/images/common/logo-nyu.png" alt="New York University"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:#EEEEEF'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#EEEEEF;border-collapse:collapse' id="m_-6245549542721962752box-memo"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=m-6245549542721962752memorandum style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:15.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#57068C'>Memorandum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Date:</span></strong><span style='color:black'> February 22, 2018</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></strong><span style='color:black'> The NYU Community<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>From: </span></strong><span style='color:black'>Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President for Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation and Len Peters, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Re: </span></strong><span style='color:black'>NYU Website Accessibility Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse' id="m_-6245549542721962752main"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:22.5pt 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Effective February 15, 2018, NYU has adopted a <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance/policies-and-guidelines/website-accessibility.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#D11255;text-decoration:none'>Website Accessibility Policy</span></a> that requires NYU websites and content to be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. This aligns with NYU’s commitment to inclusion, and with federal regulations and standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>NYU is committed to supporting an information technology environment that provides individuals who have a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight or cognitive abilities the opportunity to participate in University programs, benefits and services. NYU’s commitment to digital accessibility is grounded not only in principles of equity and inclusion, but also with the knowledge that accessible digital content generally enhances usability for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Website Accessibility Policy covers websites and content across NYU: <a href="http://www.nyu.edu" target="_blank">www.nyu.edu</a>, schools/departments, libraries, administrative units, and institutes/centers - any website that is used to conduct University business, scholarship, education, and research. For more information about the policy and about accessibility more generally at NYU, visit the <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/it/accessibility" target="_blank"><span style='color:#D11255;text-decoration:none'>NYU Digital Accessibility</span></a> site for details including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>FAQs for web developers, content creators, and faculty </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>A checklist of Top 10 Accessibility considerations <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Background information on accessibility <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Training opportunities <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Step-by-step instructions for making documents accessible <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:11.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Procedures with timelines, responsibilities, and procurement assistance <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Digital Accessibility Program team is working closely with Schools, Libraries, and other units - as well as Public Affairs for the main NYU website - and is conducting accessibility audits to provide information to the distributed web developers and authors across NYU. The team is available to speak at department, faculty, or special interest group meetings. Please contact them at: <a href="mailto:digital-accessibility@nyu.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:#D11255;text-decoration:none'>digital-accessibility@nyu.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br><br clear=all></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>