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Digital library developers and managers are invited to participate in a valuable IMLS-funded study out of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, meant to help improve accessibility and usability of digital libraries for blind and visually-impaired users. If selected to participate, you will be rewarded for your time. (Full disclosure: I am on the advisory board for this important project!) Please send any questions to Iris Xie at the address below. — Bethany Bethany Nowviskie Director of the Digital Library Federation, CLIR Research Associate Professor of Digital Humanities, UVa diglib.org<http://diglib.org> | clir.org<http://clir.org> | nowviskie.org<http://nowviskie.org> | she/her/hers Begin forwarded message: From: Iris Xie <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Invitation to Participate in Research on Evaluating Accessibility and Usability Guidelines ($100 gift card) Date: January 17, 2019 at 9:20:00 PM EST ________________________________ Invitation to Participate in Research on Evaluating Accessibility and Usability Guidelines * Are you over the age of 18? * Are you a digital library (DL) developer who has been in charge of DL development for at least three years? * Are you a digital library manager who has managed DLs for at least three years? If you are age 18 or older and you are a DL developer or DL manager with three years’ experience, you can earn $100 for participating in a research study. As part of the IMLS project, a research team comprising blind and sighted scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is developing design guidelines to improve the accessibility and usability of digital libraries (DLs) for users who are blind or visually impaired. Volunteers chosen as study participants will be invited to complete an electronic survey soliciting your input and feedback on these design guidelines. Participation may take between two to four hours at a time convenient to the participant. You will first be asked to review guidelines and then rate the guidelines based on various criteria, in addition to providing feedback and recommendations for improvement. Upon completion of the study, the participant will receive a $100 gift card as a token of appreciation. If you are interested in participating, or have a question, please contact Research assistant, Shengang Wang (email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Please reference project title: “Creating digital library (DL) design guidelines for blind and visually impaired (BVI) users – DL Developer” (IRB#:18.302) in the subject line of the email. Please pass on this information to other suitable candidates who you think may be interested. Thanks. Iris Xie, Ph.D. Professor School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Phone:(414)229-6835 Fax:(414)229-6699 http://people.uwm.edu/hiris/ ************************************************* ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce