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Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment

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Sorrell, M., Norton, D. R., McAdams, J., Winterling, R., & Dipple, K. (2017). Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment. Journal Of Web Librarianship. https://doi.org/doi:10.1080/19322909.2017.1300788
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An online exhibit accessible by people with a visual impairment was created to accompany a university library’s physical exhibit of microscopic images generated by researchers on campus as “scientific art.” This online exhibit consisted of a Web page formatted for screen-reading software so that those individuals could hear descriptions of the images and envision the image patterns, shapes, textures, and perhaps colors while learning about the scientific research performed on campus. The library promoted this Web page through various outlets to a wide audience to benefit patrons on and off campus. The exhibit was successful, and lessons learned through this project can be applied by other libraries undertaking similar efforts, to navigate problems and improve efficiency in implementing online exhibits for people with a visual impairment.

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Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment

Author(s)

Sorrell, Melanie
Norton, Derek R.
McAdams, Jeff
Winterling, Rachael
Dipple, Kathleen

UNC Charlotte Affiliate Type

Faculty

Publisher

Taylor and Francis LLC

Extent

1 online resource

Date Published

2017-04-20

Material Type

Journal article

Genre

articles

Resource Type

text

Abstract

An online exhibit accessible by people with a visual impairment was created to accompany a university library’s physical exhibit of microscopic images generated by researchers on campus as “scientific art.” This online exhibit consisted of a Web page formatted for screen-reading software so that those individuals could hear descriptions of the images and envision the image patterns, shapes, textures, and perhaps colors while learning about the scientific research performed on campus. The library promoted this Web page through various outlets to a wide audience to benefit patrons on and off campus. The exhibit was successful, and lessons learned through this project can be applied by other libraries undertaking similar efforts, to navigate problems and improve efficiency in implementing online exhibits for people with a visual impairment.

Subjects--Topics

People with visual disabilities
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities
Academic libraries

Is Part Of

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volume

11

Issue

2

ISSN

1932-2917

Beginning Page Number

105

Ending Page Number

123

Language

English

Published Version (Please cite this version)

doi:10.1080/19322909.2017.1300788

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https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2017.1300788

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/work:111

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