The Council on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians

Standards

• Assistive Technologies
• Internet
• Library Service
• Multiple Formats

Assistive Technologies

• Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), University of Toronto
  www.utoronto.ca/atrc
  
  
• Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
  www.atia.org/
  
  
• Assistive Devices Industry Office
  www.at-links.gc.ca/as/as001e.asp
  
  
• Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
  www.cast.org/
  
  
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
    www.cast.org/
    
    
  • National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
    http://nimas.cast.org/about/index.html
    
    
• Tiresias
  www.tiresias.org/
  
  
• Universal Design Standards and Guidelines
  http://trace.wisc.edu/projects/

Internet

• Government of Canada - Common Look and Feel for the Internet 2.0
  www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp
  
  
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  www.w3.org/WAI/
  
  
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
    www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
    
    
  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guideliness (ATAG)
    www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php
    
    
  • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
    www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag.php

Library Service

• Accessible Canadian Library II, 1996
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/9/10/p10-1000-e.html
  
  
• American Library Association's Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy
  www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaissues/libraryservices.cfm
  
  
• Canadian Library Association (CLA)
  www.cla.ca/
  
  
  • Opening the Book: A Strategy for a National Network for Equitable Library Service for Canadians with Print Disabilities (2005)
    www.cla.ca/issues/nnels_final.htm
    
    
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Libraries, DO-IT
  www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/equal_access_lib.html
  
  
• International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
  www.ifla.org
  
  
  • Libraries for the Blind Section
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s31/index.htm
    
    
  • Designing and Building Integrated Digital Library Systems - Guidelines (2005)
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s31/pub/Profrep90.pdf
    
    
  • Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age - Guidelines for development (2005)
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s31/pub/Profrep86.pdf
    
    
  • Guidelines for Library Service to Braille Users (August 1998)
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s31/pub/guide.htm
    
    
  • Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dyslexia.
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-70e.pdf
    
    
  • Access to libraries for persons with disabilities - CHECKLIST(2005)
    www.ifla.org.sg/VII/s9/nd1/iflapr-89e.pdf

Multiple Formats

• Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
  http://brailleauthority.org/
  
  
• Canadian Braille Authortiy
  www.canadianbrailleauthority.ca/
  
  
• DAISY Consortium (Digital Accessible Information System)
  www.daisy.org/
  
  
• Electronic Publishing Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers
  http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/e-publishing_guide-e/9/13/index-e.html
  
  
  • Accessibility Standards - People Using Assistive Technologies
    whttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/e-publishing_guide-e/9/13/p13-106-e.html
    
    
• Government of Canada
  http://canada.gc.ca/
  
  
  • Manager's Guide to Multiple Format Production
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/accessinfo/005003-4200-e.html
    
    
  • Accessible Procurement Toolkit
    www.apt.gc.ca/DListProdsE.asp?
    
    
  • Guide to Planning Inclusive Meetings and Conferences
    www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pubs_pol/hrpubs/tb_852/gpimc-gprci-eng.asp
    
    
• International Council on English Braille (ICEB)
  http://iceb.org/
  
  
  • Unified English Braille (UEB) Project
    http://iceb.org/ueb.html
    
    
• International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
  www.idpf.org/
  
  
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  www.niso.org/
  
  
  • ANSI/NISO Standard Z39.86-2002: Specifications for the DigitalTalking Book
    www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=710