eReader Lending and Accessibility: Recent Developments and Things - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

eReader Lending and Accessibility: Recent Developments and Things to Consider Lori Fisher, Baker Free Library (Bow) NHLA 2013 Conference 5/31/2013

Disclaimer about next 6 slides They are taken from a webinar by Mary Minow for Ebooks and Libraries: Legal Issues for Library Administration and Staff (3/2013) http://infopeople.org/training/ebooks_and_libraries Webinar also covers eBook lending, licenses, and emerging issues

Lending Devices: Disability Access "Fully accessible ” Brown v. Free Library of Philadelphia eBook devices means a blind individual may access Nook Lending Program or acquire same information, Federal funds engage in same transactions, and enjoy same benefits and Claim: ADA Title II services of the book reading Sect. 504 of Rehabilitation Act device as a non-disabled individual with substantially Settlement: purchase only fully accessible mainstream devices equivalent ease of use SETTLEMENT Oct 23, 2012 http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2012cv02373/461996/14/ See also Dear Colleague Letter http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-ebook-faq-201105.html

Similar Settlement: Sacramento Public Library • May not add additional inaccessible content • Must provide device with text-to-speech and access to menus and controls (other than touch screens without audio and tactile feedback) • May require users to attest eligibility in writing … but may not require doctor ’ s note [See also 28 C.F.R. Sect. 35.138(h)(2)] http://www.ada.gov/sacramento_ca_settle.htm August 28, 2012

YouTube video by the National Federation of the Blind: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=_CNQCrowbUI

Nook update NYT 2/25/13 Barnes & Noble Weighs E-Reader Investment National Federation of the Blind – Nook App for iOS

Coalition of 30 organizations focused on ebook accessibility Screenshot of Readingrights.org Screenshot Accessible Technology Coalition

Kindle report card Shows inaccessibility of kindle http://www.readingrights.org/1315

2013 http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/files/pld/pdf/ebook_guidance.pdf

NH Talking Books: http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/talking_books/

Suggested Action Steps • Read the resources (IMLS Advisory; settlement documents; etc.) • Make sure library board of trustees are aware of the legal cases and have a discussion about the issue, especially if you are already lending eReaders. • Have a conversation with library staff about eReader accessibility and their thoughts on the issue.