60 North Harding Road

Columbus, OH 43209-1524

614-239-8977 (voice)

614--239-0599 (Fax)

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Are You Listening to Your Website

Evaluating Websites for Usability and Accessibility


 

Do you understand the elements that are necessary to design useful, efficient, and easy to maintain websites for libraries, archives and historical societies?  This workshop will focus on evaluating the content on your site, adding to the ease of and making the site intuitive for the new user.  The workshop will also talk about designing for usability, making the site easy to access for those with visual and physical disabilities as suggested under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

 

Goals:

  •  Elements necessary to design useful, efficient, and easy to maintain websites
  • User needs for libraries, archives and historical societies
  • How to present information for their users
  • Test your site on Bobby and see what needs to be updated.

  • Understand what Usability is and what the ADA has to do with it.
 

Audience: 

Library staff responsible for gathering website and print information from the library and the web for access through your website.  Includes administrators, librarians, staff and webmasters

Course Outline

Sample Course Materials:

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Instructor:

Miriam Kahn, MLS - MBK CONSULTING Columbus, OH
 
 

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Workshop Descriptions Workshop Websites & Bibliographies Consulting About MBK
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MBK Consulting

 

Miriam Kahn 614-239-8977 (voice)
60 North Harding Road 614--239-0599 (Fax)
Columbus, OH 43209-1524 info@mbkcons.com

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