June 14, 2018 Meeting of Accessibility Advisory Group

1. Update on Assistive Tech Lab
2. Brief presentation on results of survey for the AT Lab (JJ)
3. Input on more topics for the Disability LibGuides
4. Accessibility/Disability programming – a focused month or programs sprinkled throughout the year?
5. Outreach ideas for reaching students/faculty/staff

Cherie Weible, JJ Pionke, Sara Christensen, Patricia Barrett

1. Update on Assistive Tech Lab
   1. fall 2019 is the earliest this will be running
   2. Looking to a possible soft roll out in May 2019
2. Brief presentation on results of survey for the AT Lab (JJ)
   1. Document attached
3. Input on more topics for the Disability LibGuides
   1. Are there any topics in LibGuides that is not there or should be expanded?
      1. Chronic health issues such as diabetes, Crohn’s disease, seizure disorders, allergies (i.e. latex), IBS
         1. Some are episodic
4. Accessibility/Disability programming – a focused month or programs sprinkled throughout the year?
   1. How you reach out depends on your target audience.
   2. Different times of the year, students are more likely to need to use the library (i.e. midterms and finals)
5. Outreach ideas for reaching students/faculty/staff
   1. Social Media – more popular methods are Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat
      
   2. Res Life
   3. Learn their patterns and when they are in the residents hall, etc. and go to them.
   4. Heather Murphy is a resources for ideas.
   5. Writer’s Workshop staff member, Michael Siemen as a resourc