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Possible Interruption to UKOLN Blog Services

lisrw — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:19:05 +0000

All UKOLN blog services, including this newsfeed, may be subject to interruption due to routine maintenance operations during the morning of Thursday 13 December 2012.

Possible Interruption to UKOLN Blog Services

lisrw — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:46:18 +0000

All UKOLN blog services, including this newsfeed, will be subject to interruption due to network maintenance operations.

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011

lisrw — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:17:57 +0000

Next year’s IWMW 2011 will be held at the University of Reading from Tuesday 26 – Wednesday 27 July 2011. An Ideascale site has been set up to collect ideas for the event.

IWMW 2010: Call for Speakers and Workshop Facilitators

lisrw — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31:17 +0000

The call for speakers and workshop facilitators for the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010 is now open. The workshop will be held at the University of Sheffield from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 July 2010. Further ideas and information are available from the IWMW 2010 Web site .

Time to Be Flexible

lisrw — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:18 +0000

In an article published in the e-Access Bulletin (August 2009) Brian Kelly argues that policy makers need to take a more flexible approach to Web accessibility than simply requiring conformance with WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) guidelines. Brian suggests that the Web Adaptability approach, described in a recent peer-reviewed paper which embraces the UN Convention’s definition of accessibility, provides an approach more suited to addressing the real-world deployment challenges posed by the technical complexities of today’s Web environment, the rich diversity of uses made of the Web as well as the differing needs and requirements of individual users.

New IWMW 2009 Blog

lisrw — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:37:20 +0000

Take a look at the new blog for the IWMW 2009 community designed to operate before, during and after the Institutional Web Management Workshop. Posts will be from speakers and delegates alike and will include videos and interviews.

From Web Accessibility to Web Adaptability

lisrw — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:36:37 +0000

Brian Kelly is the lead author of a paper entitled From Web Accessibility to Web Adaptability. The paper, by Brian Kelly, Liddy Nevile, David Sloan, Sotiris Fanou, Ruth Ellison and Lisa Herrod, appears in Volume 4, Issue 4, 2009 of Disability and Rehability: Assistive Technology, the journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM ).