Reimagining Access: Inclusive Technology Design for Archives and Special Collections Symposium, Part 1 - 3

How can designers work with people with disabilities to improve the user experience and accessibility of digital technologies?

This audio is part of the Reimagining Access: Inclusive Technology for Archives & Special Collections,” online symposium  that took place on February 11, 2021. The event was hosted by ArtCenter College of Design and is part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services [IMLS] National Leadership Grant project exploring how to make digital archives more accessible. Results from the symposium will be used to help direct the project and the class which is being held in conjunction with the event.

In this podcast...

1. Introduction by Maggie Hendrie, Chair, Interaction Design and Graduate Media Design Practices, ArtCenter and Robert Dirig, Director, Archives and Special Collections, ArtCenter  / Speaker: Joshua Halstead, Assistant Professor, ArtCenter


2. Society of American Archivists Accessibility and Disability Section presentation on Guidelines for Accessible Archives for People with Disabilities.   Speakers: Michelle Ganz (Archivist at History Factory), Sara White (Disability Rights Activist and Archivist), Dr. Lydia Tang (Archivist of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections at Michigan State University)


3. The Human Experience: perspectives from archivists, users and designers with a range of disabilities  / Speakers: Michelle Ganz (Archivist at History Factory), Dr.  Jeffrey Swada (Director of the Undergraduate Food Science Program and the liaison to the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University), Sara White (Disability Rights Activist and Archivist)

To learn more about the Reimagining Access: Inclusive Technology for Archives & Special Collections project, please visit the Designmatters site. 

View the full presentations here.