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Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Resource Sharing

Language Resources: Translation and Interpretation Services and Beyond

Language translation is not simply the matter of using Google Translate or ad hoc translation…

Cristy Moran, January 23, 2023
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Website Creation & Hosting

Colorado’s new accessibility law HB21-1110 and your library’s website

House Bill 21-1110 makes it a state civil rights violation for a government agency to exclude people with disabilities from receiving services or benefits because of lack of accessibility.

Babi Hammond, May 24, 2022
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

One of the United States’ most significant pieces of civil rights legislation was signed into…

Amy Zimmer, July 23, 2020
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Webinar Archive: Creating Accessible Online Library Experiences for All Webinar Archive

The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired libraries to interact with their communities in many new, innovative…

Marisa Wood, May 12, 2020
CSL News, Learning

Upcoming Webinar: Creating Accessible Online Library Experiences for All

Join us onThursday May 7, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 pm for Creating Accessible Online Library Experiences…

Marisa Wood, May 1, 2020
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Technology

Descriptive Link Text – Website Accessibility – part 4

Descriptive links are weblinks disguised as descriptive text that is clicked on to go to…

Kieran Hixon, January 28, 2020
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Technology

Alt Text – Website Accessibility – part 3

Alt text, also called “alt tags” or “alt descriptions,” is the text that is read…

Kieran Hixon, January 21, 2020
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Technology

PDFs and Website Accessibility – Part 2

Does your website have links to download PDF documents? Do you make a really sweet…

Kieran Hixon, November 20, 2019
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Technology

Website Accessibility

Accessibility… sometimes when I talk about accessibility in libraries folks imagine ramps, wide doors and…

Kieran Hixon, October 28, 2019
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Resource Sharing

Spotlight on Sharing: Rethinking Large Print

Readers of large print come in all ages and abilities. Large print is appealing because…

Amy Hitchner, June 14, 2016
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Technology

6 Things You Can Do to Make Your Website More Accessible

Easy ways to make your website more usable by more people.

Kieran Hixon, November 23, 2015
CSL News

Election Info in PDF and MP3

You can download the Legislative Council’s Ballot Information Booklet in both PDF and MP3 formats.

Colorado Virtual Library, October 5, 2015

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