Archive for January, 2016

  • 27 Jan

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    Online Accessibility (Section 508 Compliance)

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    Here at RICHES in the UCF History Department, we have been converting RICHES Mosaic Interface (the search engine for our historical database) to be Section 508 compliant.  Along the way we have found that it’s not simply about semantic markup and using text instead of pictures.  It’s a whole world of best practices and usability features that improve the user experience for everyone, and addresses your entire web site including your documentation and tutorials.

    If you have experience with 508 compliance, please share it with us.   If you are curious about Section 508 or how it could affect your web pages we would love to discuss it with you.  I can show the before and after of RICHES MI and talk about what we have learned and we can share some web extensions to help evaluate your site.   Here are some resources to get you started:
  • 22 Jan

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    University Press and Library Collaborations, including Books about Florida and the Caribbean

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    Sharing about the new Mellon-funded project for University Press and Library collaboration on Books about Florida and the Caribbean. Full project proposal and description here: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/AA00032435/00001

    Abstract: In collaboration with the Florida Press and a humanities advisory board, the Smathers Libraries’ project team will make 30 out-of-print books freely available online and in electronic formats. The project team plans to complete the following deliverables: 1) secure rights and permissions for selected books about Florida and the Caribbean published by the UPF from 1968 to 1992; 2) digitize and distribute with Creative Commons-licensing for books in EPUB 3.0.1, PDF for print-on-demand, and Web PDF formats; 3) implement a marketing plan to broadly promote online availability of books to scholars, educators, students, and the general public; 4) engage an expert Advisory Board to prioritize selections and plan for promotional and educational programmatic opportunities for university press and academic library collaborations; and, 5) produce a white paper that documents processes, costs, and impacts for rights issues while serving as a guide for replicating the collaborative process for other university presses and academic libraries.

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