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2009 CIC IT Accessibility and Usability Working Group Annual Summer Conference Proceedings

The 2009 CIC IT Accessibility and Usability Working Group Annual Summer Conference was hosted by the UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers June 15-16, 2009 at the Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The conference was a CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) event. Below can be found presentations from the Conference available for downloading.

Margaret Londegan, Manager of the UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers, Indiana University and Chair of the CIC IT Accessibility and Usability Group extends her thanks to everyone who attended the conference, and everyone whose volunteer efforts help to carry out the many missions of this group.

Opening Remarks

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the conference's Opening Remarks Audio Recording.

Keynote Address

The keynote address was given by SLIS Associate Dean Howard Rosenbaum. The Address was titled "The Importance of Accessibility and Usability Now and in the Future."

The slides from Dr. Rosenbaum's presentation are available here:

• Keynote Slides as a PowerPoint presentation (PowerPoint Document)
• Keynote Slides as a text outline (Text Document)

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the conference's Keynote Address Audio Recording.

Best Practices Approach to Web Accessibility

The slides from Jon Gunderson's presentation are available at this external link:

• Presentation Slides - Jon Gunderson, University Illinois Champagne-Urbana (HTML)

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the Best Practices Approach to Web Accessibility Session Audio Recording.

Review of Sub-committee Missions, Interests, and Actions

There are 6 subgroups in this working group. This document lists the subgroups and lists each group's chair and mission statement.

• CIC IT Accessibility and Usability Working Group Sub-committe Mission Statements (Word Document)

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the Sub-committee Updates Session Audio Recording.

Individual Campus Updates

• Indiana University Campus Update (Word Document)
• Michigan State University Campus Update (Word Document)
• The Ohio State University Campus Update (PowerPoint Document)
• Penn State Campus Update (Word Document)
• Purdue University Campus Update (Word Document)
• University of Illinois Chicago Campus Update (Word Document)
• University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Campus Update (Word Document)
• University of Wisconsin Campus Update (Word Document)

2008-2009 CIC IT Accessibility and Usability Survey

Survey Report

• CIC IT Access Survey Report (PDF)
• CIC IT Access Survey Report (Text Document)

Survey Results Presentation

The slides from Mike Elledge's presentation are available here:

• CIC IT Access Survey Results Presentation - Mike Elledge, Michigan State University (PowerPoint Document)

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the CIC Access and Usability Survey Results Session Audio Recording.

Panel Presentation

Slice of Life � How to Get There from Here: Confluence of Content Management Systems, Web Accessibility, and Web Developers.

You can stream, download or view the transcript for the Slice of Life Panel Discussion Audio Recording.

Closing Session

Sub-committee reports on plans for coming year. You can download and listen to an audio recording of the conference's closing session (mp3, 48MB).