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FYI: Wikipedia Accessibility Discussion, January 23rd, 1pm to 4pm

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From: Jennison Mark Asuncion
Date: Jan 18, 2016 9:33PM


I thought this event may be of interest to folks in/around/close to
Washington DC. I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope some
of you can make it.


Jennison

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From: "Timony, James (DCPL)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Reminder: Wikipedia Accessibility Discussion, January 23rd, 1pm to 4pm


Reminder:
Wikipedia Accessibility Discussion
Room 215, Center for Accessibility, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
January 23rd, 1pm to 4pm

Agenda:
1:00 pm -- Announcements and introductions
1:30 pm -- Panel on Wikipedia governance, authoring process, metadata,
styles, and templates
2:15 pm -- Panel on accessibility including keyboard access, alt text,
color contrast, captioning, description and how to meet challenges
3:00 pm -- Alt Text for Images
3:15 pm -- Accessible Museum Project
4:00 pm -- End

This discussion will bring together panels of stake holders to try to
define the problem and to discuss best practices for solutions. This
is an opportunity to create a plan for accessibility development. A
first panel will address Wikipedia governance, authoring process,
metadata, styles, templates etc. and a second panel will respond and
address accessibility including keyboard access, alt text, color
contrast, captioning, description and how to meet challenges. There
will also be a presentation on what is necessary for good alt text
with a list of pages with images needing alt text, and a presentation
on the Accessible Museum Project. A question and answer session will
follow.

Wikipedia's style guide on accessibility is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility
.

James Patrick Timony
Librarian, Adaptive Technology
DC Public Library
202-727-1335




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