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8 Reasons Information Professionals Should Care About Accessibility

This "blog" post (9-23-2011) by a Masters student in Library and Information Studies emphasizes, "A frequent positive side effect of accommodating people with disabilities is creating better usability for non-disabled customers." The author discusses many other relevant points for library professionals and educators.

Charlotte Flynn, Syracuse iSchool community

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Posted by: aura on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 3:36 p.m.

Great article with several resource links.

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Posted by: hannanoyce on Tue Nov 23, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

Gives non-disables individuals a better understanding for why accessibility is important

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Posted by: tjloken on Wed Apr 19, 2023 at 10:59 a.m.

The article was easy to understand. The subheadings helped me to digest the information. However, the article itself is older.

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