Re: [wikimedia-dc] DCPL accessibility event Saturday

Hello, Please come to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Center for Accessibility, room 215, on Saturday January 23rd from 1pm to 4pm to participate in a discussion on the accessibility of Wikipedia. This discussion will bring together panels of stake holders to try to define the problem and to discuss best practices for solutions. ​This is an opportunity to create a plan for accessibility development. A first panel will address Wikipedia governance, authoring process, metadata, styles, templates etc. and a second panel will respond and address accessibility including keyboard access, alt text, color contrast, captioning, description and how to meet challenges. There will also be a presentation on what is necessary for good alt text and a list of pages with images needing alt text. A question and answer session will follow. If you need accommodation to attend this program, including American Sign Language Interpretation, please contact the DC Public Library as early as possible. Their accommodation statement is: http://dclibrary.org/node/2095 . Thanks, James — James Hare Secretary, Wikimedia DC https://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc