We wrote the book on that: Professional development for accessible library teaching

We wrote the book on that: Professional development for accessible library teaching

Incorporating principles of accessibility into library teaching practices, online learning objects, and library services is critical to fostering student belonging and student success. However, accessibility guidelines specific to academic library work are limited. In this lightning talk, we’ll describe how we embarked on a library initiative to develop an openly licensed book containing practical guidance for our library staff about how to incorporate accessibility in the many ways we work with students. This collaborative project engaged library workers from across departments in learning and writing about accessibility in libraries. We will describe the process of assembling a team, the writing process, and the peer review process. Finally, we’ll share the open resource that we published in Pressbooks to help other library workers learn about accessible library teaching.