In part 1, I asked readers to think about what it would be like to imagine living with access to only a very small selection of books, and provided some additional context for Canada. If you haven’t already, please read Imagine Living Without Books Part 1 as the two parts are meant to be read as one post. Continue reading “Imagine Living Without Books Part 2: Connecting Print Disabled Readers”
Category: Project work
includes School Work
Imagine Living Without Books Part 1: The Importance of Supporting Print Disabled Readers
People often ask me what I do, and I tend to respond with “providing books in accessible formats to print disabled”, but most people seem to simply accept that as another job or project description. Some people do ask me to explain further, but often, I don’t think we (and that includes myself, and other people involved in the project) truly realize the impact and importance of the project. Continue reading “Imagine Living Without Books Part 1: The Importance of Supporting Print Disabled Readers”
Tips on Converting PDF to an Accessible Document
I’ve talked about making documents accessible and the editing guidelines, but the more editing I do, the more I realize I save a lot of time because I don’t do all my editing manually. Some of these tips might also help when editing after converting from EPUB and other ebook formats. Continue reading “Tips on Converting PDF to an Accessible Document”
Semi-Automating Batch Editing MARC Records : Using MarcEdit
This presentation was a lightning talk done at Code4LibBC Unconference 2015 on batch editing MARC records. Continue reading “Semi-Automating Batch Editing MARC Records : Using MarcEdit”
Using an Issue Tracker (RT) for Production Line
I don’t think this is a radical idea, but @adr thought it was a cool idea and encouraged me to do a write up, so here it is. Continue reading “Using an Issue Tracker (RT) for Production Line”