Digital Access Scotland: Events
Doing Digital Sensibly: Free Event
1 Dec 2010, 10:00 - 16:00 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.
Followed by the JODI Awards presentation and reception 16:30 - 19:00
Galleries, museums, archives and libraries are increasingly using digital and other information technology to open up access to cultural collections, both on-site and on-line.
When digital technology is designed with maximum accessibility in mind, it overcomes many or most barriers to access and can bring to cultural collections a wider audience and a source of income.
When accessibility is not a major factor in design, the institutions involved, can find themselves in breach of equality legislation, dealing with irritated and angry users, missing opportunities to maximise income generation and simply failing to reach their intended audiences.
This seminar is aimed at museum, library, and archive staff who have responsibility for digital projects and programmes. It explains what is meant by 'accessibility' and discusses the statutory requirements, international standards, and government initiatives relating to accessible technology in the cultural sector.
It stresses the need for accessibility to be taken into account when planning and testing on-site and on-line technology, and shows that there are major benefits to be had if accessibility is used as a framework for digital project planning and negotiation with technology designers, management and users.
The event ends with the 2010 Jodi Awards for accessible digital culture, which are about disabled people gaining access to information, collections, learning and creativity.
Contributors include:
- Elaine Fulton (Scottish Library and Information Council)
- Almut Gruener (Thackray Museum, Leeds)
- Loretta Mordi (Museums Galleries Scotland)
- Christopher Power (University of York)
- Jason Tutin (Leeds Library and Information Service)
- Robin Urquhart (National Archives of Scotland)
- Marcus Weissen (Jodi Mattes Trust)
The event will be held on 1 Dec 2010 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. The event is free, and lunch will be available.
Contact information, venue details and booking.
Digital Access Scotland is grateful to the Jodi Mattes Trust, the Scottish Archive Network, the Scottish Library and Information Council and Museums Galleries Scotland for supporting this event.
Are you a digital champion in your organisation? Do you know someone who is?
Then this is the event for you.
Digital Access Scotland partners invite you to attend a next steps session at the National Library of Scotland, Causewayside, Edinburgh on 18th May 2010 between 10.30 and 4.00pm.
We are looking for people and organisations who are enthusiastic about creating and providing access to digital content in Scotland’s archive’s libraries and museums. You will want to influence the development of a strategic approach both nationally and locally. You will also be interested in innovation and change management to reach new audiences.
Call for Nominations for the Jodi Awards 2010
On behalf of Yvonne Hellin Hobbs, Communications Coordinator, Jodi Awards 2010.
We would like to introduce you to The Jodi Awards and invite your support with disseminating the Call for Nominations for this year's Awards. The Jodi Awards are for museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage venues which use technology to widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people. They are organised by The Jodi Mattes Trust and our details can be found on the website: www.jodiawards.org.uk.
We welcome nominations from all kinds of projects, small and big, local and international, low-tech and hi-tech and for small and large audiences. What counts is the value of the nominated project. Examples of Jodi Awards winners can be found on www.jodiawards.org.uk/awards.
We will be putting out the Call for Nominations for the Jodi Awards 2010 during May. We are the only organisation to give such an award and would like to publicize information on the awards to as wide an audience as possible.
We would be most grateful for your support with disseminating the Call for Nominations.
If you are aware of any project that might be a suitable candidate for nomination for The Jodi Awards, or if you, or your organization can help with publicizing the Call for Nominations and the Trust itself please get in touch with us and we can talk further.
Contact Yvonne Hellin Hobbs.
t: 01929 471327
