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Double Presentation: Universal Design and Libraries: A Transatlantic Perspective Doppelvortrag: Universal Design und Bibliotheken: Eine transatlantische Perspektive

  • Following the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Universal Design (UD) is a crucial tool for the social, economic, and cultural inclusion of people with disabilities. But UD means more than just accessible or barrier free. It is about designing services, products, environments, and programs in a way that makes them usable for as many individuals as possible while not exclude further assistance or devices for people with disabilities. Although the United States and the European Union both offer a legislative and normative framework for accessibility, e.g. the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the approach to accessibility and barrier free design is mainly focused on deficits, not on enabling or empowering. This is true for library spaces and services as well. With digitalization and automation of their media and services, and the turn to user-centered design (UCD) of spaces and services, libraries have the chance to radically improve the accessibility and usability of their respective services and facilities. But there are still legal, cultural and financial challenges to a holistic UD approach in libraries. The double presentation will introduce the principles of UD and highlight the challenges and chances of UD for libraries from an American and a German perspective. Language: English

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Author:Sharon L. Bostick, Olaf Eigenbrodt
URN:urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-28823
Parent Title (German):TK 3: Fokus Teams, Talente, Leadership / Ausbildung 4.0 ( 01.06.2017, 09:00 - 10:30 Uhr, Raum Conclusio 2 )
Document Type:Conference publication (Presentation slides)
Language:English
Year of Completion:2017
Release Date:2017/05/23
Tag:Libraries; Universal Design
Themes:Interkulturelle Bibliotheksarbeit, Diversity
Bibliotheksbau und -einrichtung
German Bibliothekartage / BiblioCon:106. Deutscher Bibliothekartag in Frankfurt am Main 2017
106. Deutscher Bibliothekartag in Frankfurt am Main 2017 / Themenkreise / TK 3: Teams, Talente, Leadership / Ausbildung 4.0
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen
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