...Devorah Kletenik; Rachel F. Adler; Bryan Rivera; Melissa Autumn Wong Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of accessibility-focused games as a pedagogical tool for increasing awareness of accessibility in library and information science ( LIS ) education. Accessibility...

...JooYoung Seo; Gabriela T. Richard Purpose In response to the underexplored need for holistically inclusive makerspaces for learning, we put propose the “SCAFFOLD” framework, which considers equity, inclusion and accessibility in the design of spaces and activities for socioculturally diverse...

... comments/questions revealed four areas of challenge they encounter: organization and accessibility of the data, clarity and completeness, usefulness and accuracy and language (spelling and grammar). Data providers can do more to address these issues. Research limitations/implications The purpose...

...Julius T. Nganji Purpose This paper aims to suggest how the information journey of students with disabilities could be facilitated, by first revealing the existence of inaccessible formats such as Portable Document Format (PDF) and then suggesting the inclusion of alternative formats of accessible...

...Elizabeth A. Lightfoot Purpose Open access (OA) electronic journals have been identified as potentially at risk of loss without more coordinated preservation efforts. The purpose of this paper is to test the current availability of OA electronic journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access...

...Margaret Spires Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Future Publishing and Accessibility Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 13-14, 2013. Design/methodology/approach – This report provides a general overview of events at the conference as well...