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Call for Participants: Mobile Digital Library Accessibility Research

  • 1.  Call for Participants: Mobile Digital Library Accessibility Research

    Posted Oct 10, 2025 06:19 PM
    Edited by Wonchan Choi Oct 10, 2025 06:19 PM

    Dear all:

    Apologies for reposting - you may recall a message shared by our research assistant about a month ago regarding this project. We're still looking for a few more participants to help complete the study and would greatly appreciate your consideration.

    This study aims to refine a set of design guidelines for mobile digital libraries for blind and visually impaired (BVI) users, developed from a prior user study with 120 BVI participants. The guidelines are available at the following link: Mobile Digital Library Accessibility and Usability Guidelines (mDLAUG).

    We are now seeking accessibility experts/scholars to review and provide feedback on these guidelines through an online survey. The survey takes about two hours to complete, and you'll have two weeks to finish it at your own pace-you can pause and return anytime. Upon completion, each participant will receive a $100 gift card as an honorarium.

    If you have at least three years of experience in digital library development, accessibility, or usability-whether as a developer, researcher, or expert-you are eligible to participate! If you're interested or have any questions, please feel free to contact me at wchoi@uwm.edu or our research assistant at lee649@uwm.edu.

    Thank you very much for your time and interest. Your input will be invaluable to this work!

    Sincerely,

    Wonchan Choi

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    Wonchan Choi, PhD
    Associate Professor
    School of Information Studies
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    wchoi@uwm.edu
    He/Him/His
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