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FYI: Study of students with visual impairments in academic libraries

  • 1.  FYI: Study of students with visual impairments in academic libraries

    Posted Mar 18, 2025 03:43 PM

    *** Sharing on behalf of researchers: Please reach out to them directly if you have questions. ***

    You are invited to participate in a research project entitled, Equitable Access for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled Students.  Please consider participating if you are an academic librarian.

    The purpose of this study is to develop a Campus Accessibility Partnership Model for providing accessible content to Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled (BVIPD) students enrolled in online and face-to-face courses. BVIPD students often experience inequitable access to information that manifests as delays or failure to receive course learning materials that are otherwise more readily available to non-BVIPD students. The Partnership Model will enable the collaboration between the Disability Services Office (DSO), university libraries, BVIPD students and instructors. 

    The study was approved by the Office of Research Compliance at the University of South Carolina in Columbia (USC).

    If interested, please visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/usccmcis.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8bKPFu4TZ0M9gfs__;!!KwNVnqRv!HNyy8Ukwccc7hCbbjN9moHYM0gfP120lVmRTtOAlJDQZvZ2lkns1CZR70gB0yhx5i8maOHo2FMU2hqsxESk0EOV473Xtss4$. Click or tap if you trust this link.">Academic Librarian Survey to participate.

    If you have any questions or concerns about our project, or would like to meet to discuss further, please do not hesitate to reach out.

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    Dick Kawooya
    Principal Investigator 
    Associate Professor, College of Information and Communications
    University of South Carolina 

    Clayton A. Copeland
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Instructor, College of Information and Communications
    University of South Carolina 

    Eric P. Robinson
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Associate Professor, College of Information and Communications
    University of South Carolina

    Email: bvipdproject@sc.edu

    BVIPD Project website:https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/bvipdaccess__;!!KwNVnqRv!HNyy8Ukwccc7hCbbjN9moHYM0gfP120lVmRTtOAlJDQZvZ2lkns1CZR70gB0yhx5i8maOHo2FMU2hqsxESk0EOV4LNiP7Jo$. Click or tap if you trust this link."> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/bvipdaccess__;!!KwNVnqRv!HNyy8Ukwccc7hCbbjN9moHYM0gfP120lVmRTtOAlJDQZvZ2lkns1CZR70gB0yhx5i8maOHo2FMU2hqsxESk0EOV4LNiP7Jo$. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://bit.ly/bvipdaccess


     



  • 2.  RE: FYI: Study of students with visual impairments in academic libraries

    Posted Mar 19, 2025 11:18 AM

    John – thanks for sharing this!

     

    Karen

    Karen Grondin (she/her)

    Licensing Librarian

    ASU Library

    Arizona State University

    P.O. Box 37100

    Fletcher Library, Room 301C

    Glendale, AZ 85306

    p: 480-727-6342  

    email: karen.grondin@asu.edu

    I acknowledge that Arizona State University is built upon the traditional homelands of the Akimel O'odham and Pee-Posh.