- From: Daniel Smith <opened.to@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:43:25 -0600
- To: paoladimaio10@googlemail.com
- Cc: "Prianos, Julie" <japrian@ilstu.edu>, "public-egov-ig@w3.org" <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Hi Julie. It's been a while, but I believe the University of Wisconsin had some of the earliest involvement in accessibility issues. And I guess they would be at least regional to you: http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/default.aspx Their mailing lists are here: https://lists.wisc.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=access Here's an organization at the U of Illinois: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/ Daniel Smith Houston On 11/16/12, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote: > Julie > > the notion of 'web acessibility' is also evolving and needs to be > constantly redefined, imho. Technology is too broad a context these days! > > In our work (at ISTCS) we focus on the cognitive engineering aspect of the > website, aka 'knowledge accessibility', a slightly more refined and > focussed audit , and use a methodology called KAF (Knowledge Audit > Framework) > > Here is a paper about the methodology > http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1490 > > The good news, I guess, is that by following/adopting the methodology , a > team of non specialists users can carry out the audit without hiring > consultants > > Ping me offlist if interested to learn more > > Best > > PDM > > > > Some individuals at Illinois State University have expressed interest in >> initiating an external audit on the state of technology on campus, and I >> am >> gathering contacts to facilitate the process. Are you familiar with any >> consultants or (or websites that would list consultants or companies) who >> would conduct such an audit? Any information you can provide is greatly >> appreciated.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Best,**** >> >> Julie**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Julie Prianos**** >> >> Director**** >> >> Institutional Web Support**** >> >> Illinois State University**** >> >> (309) 438-5590**** >> >> ** ** >> >
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