<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:20px"><i><b>Friday, April 2, 2021 at 10:00 am</b></i></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:20px">Are
you concerned that your library's website isn't meeting accessibility
standards? If not, you should be--lawsuits concerning website
accessibility failures are increasing, and libraries do not have
immunity.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:20px">In
this one-hour webinar, you'll gain an understanding of which guidelines
are used to measure website accessibility in the United States, and how
to begin to evaluate your own library's site for potential issues.
We'll also discuss some common pitfalls and things to avoid. Topics for
this webinar include:</p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px 25px;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:20px;background-image:none">What accessibility means in a web context, and how it differs from web usability</li><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:20px;background-image:none">Legal issues surrounding web accessibility and how these can affect libraries;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:20px;background-image:none">National and international standards commonly used for accessibility evaluations, and which to use, when</li><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:20px;background-image:none">An introduction to automated validators and what they can and cannot do;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:20px;background-image:none">Actual code examples for both good and bad implementations of some common HTML elements</li></ul><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>**REGISTRATION IS LIMITED! <a href="https://ceohio.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=1603&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2021/04/01">Register here</a> **</b></span></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-- <br><b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS</b><br>
<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)</div><div dir="ltr">
(614) 752-0792 (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax)<br>
<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov" target="_blank">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a> | <a href="https://oplin.ohio.gov" target="_blank">https://oplin.ohio.gov</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>