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  • New Publication in the Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, “Barriers to Supporting Accessible VR in Academic Libraries”

    Co-authored with Jasmine Clark (Digital Scholarship Librarian, Temple University Library)

    Published in The Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/barriers-to-supporting-accessible-vr-in-academic-libraries/

    Virtual reality (VR) shows great promise for enhancing the learning experience of students in higher education and academic libraries are at the forefront of efforts to bring VR into the curriculum as an innovative learning tool. This paper reviews some of the growing applications and benefits of VR technologies for supporting pedagogy in academic libraries and outlines the challenges of making VR accessible for disabled students. It defines existing regulations and guidelines for designing accessible digital technologies and offers two case studies drawn from each of the authors’ own academic libraries, at Temple University and at the University of Oklahoma, in order to provide insight into the challenges and benefits of making VR more accessible for students. The paper argues that to continue to serve their mission of equitable access to information for the entire student population, academic libraries that implement VR programs need to balance innovation with inclusion by allocating sufficient staff time and technical resources and bringing accessibility thinking into VR projects from the beginning. To accomplish this, libraries will need the assistance of software developers and accessibility experts, and librarians will need to act as strong advocates for better support from commercial software and hardware vendors and to promote change in their institutions.

    Citation:

    Clark, J., & Lischer-Katz, Z. (2020). Barriers to supporting accessible VR in academic libraries. Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, 17. https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/barriers-to-supporting-accessible-vr-in-academic-libraries/

    May 20, 2020 / ZLK / Comments Off

    Categories: Accessibility, publications, Research, Visual Information, VR for Pedagogy

    Tags: accessibility, libraries, virtual reality

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Recent Posts

  • New article published! “(In)accessibility and the Technocratic Library: Addressing Institutional Failures in Library Adoption of Emerging Technologies,” available now in a special issue of the journal First Monday
  • New Journal Article Published in LISR: A methodological framework for studying visual information practices
  • Chapter published: “Virtual Reality and the Academic Library of the Future” – American Philosophical Society
  • New Journal Article in Journal of Documentation (2022): The emergence of digital reformatting in the history of preservation knowledge: 1823- 2015.
  • Article Published in College & Undergraduate Libraries (2021): “Practical steps for an effective virtual reality course integration”
  • New Publication in Preservation, Digital Technology, & Culture “Using 3D/VR for research and cultural heritage preservation”
  • New Publication in C&RL Journal: “3D Data Repository Features, Best Practices, and Implications for Preservation Models: Findings from a National Forum”
  • New Publication in Records Management Journal, “Archiving experience: An exploration of the challenges of preserving virtual reality.”
  • New Publication in the Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, “Barriers to Supporting Accessible VR in Academic Libraries”
  • New York Times Visualization of When Each U.S. State is Re-opening w/ Current Rates of Infection

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-Walter Benjamin

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You can contact Zack Lischer-Katz by emailing him at zlkatz@email.arizona.edu

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