Digital GLAM Spaces Conference

 

Web accessibility and user experience are important for centering those who want to learn, research, and teach with digital and digitized cultural heritage. In 2018, the University of Oregon was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to experiment and build collaboration capacity for how GLAM assets could be used in innovation ways for research.

Digital GLAM Spaces was a free conference held on November 10, 2021 about building community around web accessibility and user experience. It created a place for GLAM practitioners to share definitions and best practices for what is UX and accessibility; communicate digital strategies for incorporating user research into digital projects; and talk about the people, skillsets, and support needed to be better and make web accessibility and user experience part of our work instead of bolted on.

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Recent Submissions

  • Crisis Brings Connection – Virtual Programming for Older Adults 
    Lensing, Amanda (2022-01-28)
    Connected for Life: Object-based Digital Programming to Foster Active Minds for Senior Living Communities is a project serving a population especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and underserved in outreach and engagement ...
  • Presenting VRA Core 5: A Standard with Accessibility Baked In, Not Bolted On…and the Tools to Use It 
    Williams, Susan Jane; Madden, Bridget (2022-01-28)
    VRA Core 4 is a metadata standard purpose-built to describe works of cultural heritage and their surrogates. An updated and republished VRA Core 5 will have built-in support for accessibility. CCO (Cataloging Cultural ...
  • To Use Alt(ernative) Text or Not to Use Alt(ernative) Text for Images 
    Patterson, Patrick (2022-01-27)
    Alternative text descriptions are used to convey meaning for images that appear on a website. We will explore creating meaningful alternative text along with exploring situations where it can be left empty. Images are used ...
  • Choosing Colors 
    Sattler, Kelly (2022-01-27)
    Color is an important part of branding. Color contrast is important for accessibility. This presentation will cover a few essential tools that can be used to verify color contrast to pass WCAG standards as well as tools ...
  • Auditing Accessibility Through Remote User Testing 
    Burmeister, Nora; Walston, Felicity (2022-01-27)
    When COVID-19 hit, many UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries employees needed remote tasks. The UX department saw an opportunity for these employees to perform remote accessibility testing of subscription e-resources with freely ...
  • Early, Often, and Iterative: A UX Research Strategy 
    Sistrunk, Hannah (2022-01-27)
    From the perspective of a user experience practitioner on a small digital strategies team at an archival repository, this talk will share the results of the teams’ work to iteratively incorporate user research methods from ...
  • User Research Methodologies for GLAM Digital Projects 
    Lepska, Hanna (2022-01-27)
    In 2021, remote UX Research was conducted for GLAM digital projects created at the University of Oregon. This presentation will outline the process of UX Research alongside the recommendations for enhancing digital projects. ...
  • Making Change from Within: Integrating Accessibility into Strategic Planning and Assessment 
    Frank, Jacqueline L; Young, Scott W H (2022-01-27)
    Implementing accessibility means making change from within. But real barriers stand in the way. In response, we have looked to the infrastructure of strategic planning as a vehicle for change. This presentation describes ...