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32 Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND SUPPORT 20. Please identify which units’ budgets provide funding for purchasing assistive technology software, hardware, and equipment that is available in the library. Check all that apply. N=63 Funding Source Software Hardware Other equipment N Library operating budget 25 28 33 38 Central ADA/disabilities budget 23 20 19 27 Library IT budget 21 23 13 25 Central IT budget 21 14 7 23 Library ADA/disabilities budget 1 1 1 1 Other funding source 11 11 15 15 Total number of respondents 62 61 54 63 If you selected “Other funding source” for software, please identify it. N=11 Charitable gifts from university staff and external foundations Donor funding Endowment funding dedicated to support for students with disabilities Foundation grants Gifts In 2004, the Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable foundation was created to assist with purchasing equipment and furnishings that enhance the library’s services to persons with disabilities. Fund is used to purchase new software, licenses, furniture for the Adaptive Technology Centre. Our Students’ Union has an annual Quality Money fund that is used to fund projects that enhance and support student learning. The library has successfully applied for a number of these grants to purchase assistive/adaptive technologies, tools, and furnishings. Specialized donor fund Student tech fee funding Student technology fee There are two donor funds that can be used for software, hardware, or other equipment to support patrons with visual disabilities. If you selected “Other funding source” for hardware, please identify it. N=11 Donor funding Endowment funding dedicated to support for students with disabilities Foundation grants Gifts Grant money from Hewlett Packard and Steelcase Our Students’ Union has an annual Quality Money fund that is used to fund projects that enhance and support student learning. The library has successfully applied for a number of these grants to purchase assistive/adaptive technologies, tools, and furnishings. Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable foundation

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32 Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND SUPPORT 20. Please identify which units’ budgets provide funding for purchasing assistive technology software, hardware, and equipment that is available in the library. Check all that apply. N=63 Funding Source Software Hardware Other equipment N Library operating budget 25 28 33 38 Central ADA/disabilities budget 23 20 19 27 Library IT budget 21 23 13 25 Central IT budget 21 14 7 23 Library ADA/disabilities budget 1 1 1 1 Other funding source 11 11 15 15 Total number of respondents 62 61 54 63 If you selected “Other funding source” for software, please identify it. N=11 Charitable gifts from university staff and external foundations Donor funding Endowment funding dedicated to support for students with disabilities Foundation grants Gifts In 2004, the Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable foundation was created to assist with purchasing equipment and furnishings that enhance the library’s services to persons with disabilities. Fund is used to purchase new software, licenses, furniture for the Adaptive Technology Centre. Our Students’ Union has an annual Quality Money fund that is used to fund projects that enhance and support student learning. The library has successfully applied for a number of these grants to purchase assistive/adaptive technologies, tools, and furnishings. Specialized donor fund Student tech fee funding Student technology fee There are two donor funds that can be used for software, hardware, or other equipment to support patrons with visual disabilities. If you selected “Other funding source” for hardware, please identify it. N=11 Donor funding Endowment funding dedicated to support for students with disabilities Foundation grants Gifts Grant money from Hewlett Packard and Steelcase Our Students’ Union has an annual Quality Money fund that is used to fund projects that enhance and support student learning. The library has successfully applied for a number of these grants to purchase assistive/adaptive technologies, tools, and furnishings. Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable foundation

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33 SPEC Kit 358: Accessibility and Universal Design Specialized donor fund Student tech fee funding Student technology fee There are two donor funds that can be used for software, hardware, or other equipment to support patrons with visual disabilities If you selected “Other funding source” for other equipment, please identify it. N=15 Charitable gifts from university staff and external foundations Donor funding grant from College of Medicine for equipment in dedicated workspace Endowment funding dedicated to support for students with disabilities For example, we recently received grant funding for adjustable-height desks. Foundation grants Gift from Women in Philanthropy for microfilm scanner Gifts Our Students’ Union has an annual Quality Money fund that is used to fund projects that enhance and support student learning. The library has successfully applied for a number of these grants to purchase assistive/adaptive technologies, tools, and furnishings. Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable foundation Specialized donor fund Student tech fee funding Student technology fee There are two donor funds that can be used for software, hardware, or other equipment to support patrons with visual disabilities University Technology Fee Grant We have received gifts/endowments for other equipment in our Adaptive Technologies office. Additional comments N=3 Library pays for captioning of library videos. Central ADA office pays for OCR, additional captioning, and sign language interpretation. “Other equipment” needs cover library staff only/staff accommodations. We haven’t purchased anything recently, but in the past it came from the library’s operating budget. 21. For which of the following does your library allocate budget funds on an annual basis? Check all that apply. N=44 Upgrades to hardware or software 30 65% Specialized software 21 46% Accessible furniture and fixtures 18 39% Renovations to address accessibility issues 18 39% Accessible materials 15 33% Assistive devices 11 24%

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31 SPEC Kit 358: Accessibility and Universal Design Training Method Assisting Users Using Assistive Technology N Staff go to library conferences and get information there 28 16 30 Send staff to occasional workshops 24 14 29 Hands-on training from other campus staff 21 19 27 Hands-on training from coordinator(s) from the parent institution 18 15 23 Staff are entirely self trained 21 19 22 Hands-on training from IT staff 5 18 18 Online courses 13 13 17 Staff go to accessibility conferences and get information there 13 11 14 Outside consultants brought in for training 4 4 7 Send staff out to formal training program 4 5 7 Vendor training 1 6 6 Other training method 7 5 8 Total number of respondents 59 52 63 If you selected “Other training method” for assisting users, please briefly describe it. N=7 An ASL professor gave a workshop on best practices for interacting with deaf patrons. Library staff don’t directly provide services, it is done through Student Accessibility Services. Library Accessibility Services provides content and book retrievals only. Meetings of committees that oversee shared services for alternate format production and dissemination. The Assistive Technologies Department has trained personnel. They are not library employees. Training toolkit for library staff on Library Accessibility Services website provides resources and training videos. Video tutorials We are really working on this part. We don’t have any formal training program in place, so all of the above training would be pursued voluntarily. We work with the university’s Office of Accessibility Services. Staff may also pursue webinars or training from professional organizations on their own, or attend sessions at conferences. If you selected “Other training method” for using assistive technology, please briefly describe it. N=5 Additional training on assistive tech and assisting users is available by request for library units or on a consulting basis for individual staff. The Assistive Technologies Department has trained personnel. They are not library employees. The campus Disability Resource Center is the primary provider of training to the university community for use of assistive technology (rather than the university libraries). Video tutorials We have no formal training in place to train staff on using assistive technology in the library. However, some may have pursued training on their own or contacted the Office of Accessibility Services.

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