The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Connecting with Partners to Enhance Library Accessibility Services - Resources

Nineteen percent of undergraduates in 2015–16 reported having a disability. In 2015–16, the percentage of undergraduates who reported having a disability was 19 percent for male students and 20 percent for female students. There were some differences in the percentages of undergraduates with disabilities by characteristics such as veteran status, age, dependency status, and race/ethnicity. For example, 26 percent of undergraduates who were veterans reported having a disability, compared with 19 percent of undergraduates who were not veterans.

NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any time during the school year. Data exclude students attending institutions in Puerto Rico. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2019). Digest of Education Statistics, 2017 (NCES 2018-070), Table 311.10.

2017. NCES Publication 2018432
information about postsecondary students with disabilities in academic years 2003–04 through 2015–16 using multiple federal data sources. These tables highlight data on demographic and background characteristics, enrollment and academic characteristics, and postsecondary outcomes for students with disabilities. The tables are based on data from several sources: the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), the American Community Survey (ACS), the 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12), the 2004/09 and 2012/14 cohorts of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09 and BPS:12/14), and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

The National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD), established December 1, 2015, is a federally-funded project under the U.S. Department of Education. Administered by the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD). Produces research and surveys.

A list of higher education institutions facing accessibility litigation and complaints. Maintained by University of Minnesota Duluth.

U.S. Copyright Office commentary.

2013.

U.S. Copyright Office Summary.

Library services for users with disabilities.

The Accessible Course Materials Initiative is being undertaken in partnership by Educational Technology Services (ETS), the Disabled Students Program (DSP), IS&T Web Access Team, the Library, Berkeley Resources Center for Online Education (BRCOE), and the Center for Teaching and Learning. The purpose of the Accessible Course Materials Initiative is to provide help and guidance to the campus community in ensuring that course materials delivered in digital form are accessible to all students. {Source: About].

OCUL Ontario Council of University Libraries

Library services for users with disabilities.

May 2018. Association of Research Libraries.

March 2017. White paper. Part of the project "Repository Services for Accessible Course Content,' a grant of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

November 2012. Association of Research Libraries.

December 1, 2011. U.S. Department of Education. Commission authorized under the Public Law 110-315 - Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.

Expanded to include accessible digital materials and accessible technologies as well as postsecondary education and workforce. Initially focused on mandates in IDEA related to the provision of specialized formats of printed materials to students with print disabilities in K-12 education and the implementation of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS).

Intended to help faculty build inclusive online courses.

HathiTrust services for users with print disabilities.

January 2019. A two-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to seven universities to reduce duplication of remediation efforts for accessible materials. Participants include George Mason University, Texas A&M University, the University of Illinois, Northern Arizona University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vanderbilt University.

The pilot also depends on HathiTrust, Bookshare, and The Internet Archive—three large digital repositories, each of which already provides service to users with print disabilities—to provide a federated network of storage and delivery and to draw on their individual networks of social commitment and technical expertise.

The grant will fund the creation of library infrastructure at UVA called EMMA (Educational Materials Made Accessible) which will handle authentication, search, selection, and download, while also providing an upload path for texts produced or remediated on the campuses of the seven participating universities. [Source: UVA press-release]

Part of the Scholars Portal Books platform. A growing repository of accessible format texts available to users with print disabilities at participating Ontario Council of University libraries (OCUL) institutions.

A public-private partnership led by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Includes organizations that represent people with print disabilities such as the World Blind Union (WBU); libraries for the blind; standards bodies, and organizations representing authors, publishers and collective management organizations.

Anyone with print disability may join Bookshare. Requires confirmation of eligibility by competent authority.

A network of publishers providing accessible copies of textbooks to eligible students through university disability offices.

Audio books for the blind, vision impaired, and dyslexic. Individual memberships for students in post-secondary institutions.