PDA Event: ADA Title II Toolkit for Libraries Series: Accessible Documents and Emails

Join Mark McCarthy in this first webinar of our ADA Title II Toolkit for Libraries series and learn how to confidently create and remediate documents in MS Word, PDF, and emails to meet the latest accessibility standards.

In this session, learn:

• accessibility barriers in common document formats
• tips to build accessible documents and emails from the start
• techniques for remediating Word, PDF, and email content
• tools and resources available to streamline your work

Presenter: Mark McCarthy is the Lead Accessibility Engineer at the University of Illinois System Office’s Administrative Information Technology Services. He is primarily responsible for ensuring the accessibility of university applications and services, providing assistance and guidance where necessary. In addition, he also works directly with several campus units to assist in accessibility testing and remediation work, provides training to other departments and units, serves on the advisory committee for the IT Accessibility Liaison program, and is an instructor for UIUC’s Information Accessibility Design and Policy certification program.

Register to attend Accessible Documents and Emails held on September 16. This session will be recorded and shared with registrants once captions have been improved.

Learn more and register for additional sessions in the ADA Title II Toolkit for Libraries series:

• September 23: Accessible Presentation Slides
• September 30: Website Accessibility

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