Using Emojis in Social Media – Good or Bad for Accessibility
Emojis can add depth to communication, allow you to express emotion and tone, and can enhance the overall meaning of your message. However, it’s important …
Technology
Short guides on ways new technology can help your professional development, improve your teaching, improve accessibility to your resources, improve your library, and help keep you organized.
Color Contrast Tools
Useful tools to help you find color combinations with accessible contrast.
Using Plain Language
The American public deserves plain language communication from its government. The benefits of plain language are both tangible and intangible: Plain language gets your message …
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
The Skinny on Accessibility Overlays
“Web accessibility, (…) is the inclusive practice of ensuring there are no barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites on the World Wide …
How to Comply with Colorado’s New Accessibility Rules
The new accessibility rules cover a lot, but a good plan and documentation can help.
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Why Be Accessible?
Aside from the fact that Colorado law requires it of public entities, it is worth remembering the reasons why it is so important to make everything we do fully accessible.
Web Accessibility: Getting Started
While the specifics of Colorado’s web accessibility laws are ironed out, Marmot and the State Library have collected some tools and suggestions to help you …
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Research Service
Careful Color Combos for All
One of the first times I gave much thought to what makes color I was playing with a rainbow suncatcher at my grandma’s house. Young …
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Research Service
Mastering Design and Accessibility with Pictograms (MLS Not Required)
We say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when it comes to data visualization, it’s up to the designer to make sure their …
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Common Content Accessibility Problems, Part 2: Images and Text Alternatives
Accessible content will always have a good text equivalents for images.
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Common Content Accessibility Problems, Part 1: Headings and Links
Content-writers should be alert to these common problems, and know how to avoid or fix them.
The Emergency Connectivity Fund Program
The Emergency Connectivity Fund Program will provide funding to schools and libraries for reasonably priced laptops, tablets, Wi-Fi hotspots, routers, modems, and broadband Internet connections …
Helping Your Community with Internet
With all the scams that exist, it is getting harder to distinguish between things that are too good to be true and things that actually …
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Colorado’s new accessibility law HB21-1110 and your library’s website
House Bill 21-1110 makes it a state civil rights violation for a government agency to exclude people with disabilities from receiving services or benefits because of lack of accessibility.
View free WiFi locations in Colorado
Public libraries are helping their community members access the internet to complete essential tasks such as online schoolwork or applying for a job, even if the building is closed to the public. The buildings are just one aspect of the kinds of exemplary library services offered in Colorado.
Descriptive Link Text – Website Accessibility – part 4
Descriptive links are weblinks disguised as descriptive text that is clicked on to go to the place described. For instance, in “Look for books in our …
Alt Text – Website Accessibility – part 3
Alt text, also called “alt tags” or “alt descriptions,” is the text that is read by screen-reading tools to describe images for visually impaired readers. …
PDFs and Website Accessibility – Part 2
Does your website have links to download PDF documents? Do you make a really sweet looking event calendar and upload it to your library website …
Website Accessibility
Accessibility… sometimes when I talk about accessibility in libraries folks imagine ramps, wide doors and not stocking items on bottom shelves. This is all essential, …
Have you been pwned? – Bag of Tricks
Pwned. Yup, it is a word, not a typo. It is a word from an informal language used on the internet called “leetspeak.” Another example …