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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:21 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> EXT: Widening access to special collections and archives for blind and low vision people</font>
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<div><font size="4">Dear colleagues, </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">I will be giving a talk next week for Oxford University, Bodleian Library's Bodleian Bytes series. </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Date and time: Thursday May 21st from 10 to 11am Eastern Daylight Time (New York time). </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Title and registration link: <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/accessibod-widening-access-to-digital-bodleian" originalsrc="https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/accessibod-widening-access-to-digital-bodleian">AccessiBod:
Widening access to Digital Bodleian</a></span></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Abstract: <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Digitised special collections such as manuscripts, archives and photographs are rarely made accessible to people who are blind or have low vision, but this does
not mean they are not interested in accessing such materials or that they have no need for access in order to pursue their studies, research, work or pleasure. The cultural heritage and academic sectors could do more to expand access for blind and low vision
people, but research is needed to understand what blind and low vision people want to know about digital cultural heritage, and what methods and resources are required to achieve access.</span></font></div>
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<font size="4">In this talk, Dr Victoria Van Hyning, Assistant Professor of Library Innovation at University of Maryland, College of Information, will report key findings from ‘AccessiBod: Exploring Accessible Futures for Digital Bodleian’, a participatory
design study conducted at the Bodleian Libraries in 2025 to understand how crowdsourcing, AI, curatorial metadata and scholarly expertise might be harnessed to create better access within the Digital Bodleian site. Bodleian Libraries curators, digital scholarship
specialists, web developers, students, disability services specialists and faculty from across the collegiate University and the broader Oxford community participated in interviews and workshops.</font></p>
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<font size="4">The findings and recommendations shared in this talk will be germane to Digital Bodleian as well as wider cultural heritage and digital humanities practice. We all have a role to play in widening access to digital cultural heritage and the web
more broadly, and even small changes can make a big difference. </font></p>
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<font size="4">This is the latest talk in the Bodleian Bytes series, hosted by the Centre for Digital Scholarship at the Bodleian Libraries.</font></p>
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<div><font size="4">All best,</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Victoria </font></div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dr Victoria Van Hyning </font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Assistant Professor of Library Innovation</font></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><font color="#222222">Co-founder, </font><a href="https://cafe.ischool.umd.edu/" originalsrc="https://cafe.ischool.umd.edu/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Center
for Archival Futures</font></a><font color="#222222"> (CAFe)</font></font></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif">University of Maryland,</font> College of Information (INFO)</font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><font size="4">Recent projects:</font></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><a href="https://www.ala.org/accessibility" originalsrc="https://www.ala.org/accessibility" target="_blank">ALA Accessibility Resources for All Libraries</a> </font></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><a href="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/diversity/expanding-access-incarcerated-initiative" originalsrc="https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/diversity/expanding-access-incarcerated-initiative" target="_blank" style="font-style:italic">Standards
for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Detained</a> </font></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252344-ols-22" originalsrc="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252344-ols-22" target="_blank">Crowdsourced Data: Accuracy,
Accessibility, Authority (CDAAA)</a></font></p>
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