[accessibleimage] Jodi Awards

24 Hour Museum (UK)

Thursday, June 14, 2007

2007 JODI Accessibility Awards announced at British Museum

A DVD film tour of ancient castle staircases and vaults and an innovative
website illustrating the life of a child prisoner in the 1800s are among
winners of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Jodi Awards 2007. 

The awards recognise excellence in museum, library, archive or heritage
projects that use technology to provide access to collections by disabled
people. 

Announced by Lord Rix at a ceremony at the British Museum on June 13 2007,
the winners were selected from a shortlist of entries that included
innovative uses of websites, in-gallery interactives, audio-guides and PDAs
(personal digital assistants) - each scrutinised by a panel of judges and
tested by disabled users. 

"As a life-long campaigner for the rights of disabled people, I am impressed
by the imagination and dedication of museums, libraries and archives," said
Lord Rix. "They lead the cultural sector in promoting inclusive technology
and the best are an inspiration to society as whole."

A Jodi Award for Excellence in Accessible Technology went to Wolverhampton
Arts and Museums Service for their commitment to developing a range of
services for deaf visitors and engaging with the deaf community. 

LINK:

 <http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/bantock>
http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/bantock

Amongst a range of developments the museum has introduced is a PDA guide
with British Sign Language (BSL). Visitor information in BSL is also
available on the museum's website. "We are bowled over by the Award," said
Linda Ellis, ICT Development Officer, Wolverhampton Arts and Museums
Service. "It is a wonderful recognition which fuels our commitment. Deaf
people are among the most excluded in society." The judges were impressed
that as well as guided tours, a PDA guide and visitor information on the
website with BSL, the Museum is also developing a Deaf History exhibition
which will include videos of deaf people signing their experience of living
and working in Wolverhampton. 

The Jodi Award for Excellence in Accessible Technology - Low Budgets was
awarded to the Audio-Read Navigator Project, from Doncaster Library and
Information Services. 

A purpose built and easy to use digital audio player aimed at visually
impaired users, the navigator has dispensed with the need for library users
to carry home a bagful of cassettes or CDs. Feedback from visually impaired
users has been passed onto Anthony Blackwood at Audio Read in Australia who
designed Navigator. He in turn is modifying the units. 

A Jodi Award for Excellence in Website Accessibility went to Prisoner 4099,
a National Archives learning site created by blind and partially sighted
students from across the country about Victorian crime. 

LINK:

 <http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/prisoner4099>
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/prisoner4099

The radio play produced by the students is based on the life of a
12-year-old boy, William Towers, who was sent to prison for stealing. It
covers the events as seen in the minds of modern teenagers and shows how
they might feel and deal with a similar situation. 

Colchester Castle won a Commendation for Excellence in Accessible Technology
for its innovative DVD tour of inaccessible parts of Colchester Castle which
communicates some of the atmosphere and sound qualities in the different
tour locations, thus giving a quality of experience close to the real tour.
The tour exists in a version for adults and for children and both have been
provided with BSL. Through their Renaissance funding, Colchester Museums has
been consistently stretching the boundaries of access provision for disabled
people in the East of England, and has an excellent consultation mechanism
in PORTAL, the museum's advisory group of disabled people. 

The Jodi Awards are developed and sustained by the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLA), 24 Hour Museum, the British Museum, the University
of Leicester and CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales. 

Commenting on the winners, Chris Batt, MLA Chief Executive said: "The
winners of this year's Jodi Awards all demonstrate a huge enthusiasm for
challenging boundaries. They demonstrate the power of technology to
transform access to collections for disabled people." 

"They are at the cutting edge of tomorrow's good practice and show that the
use of technology need not create new barriers. The winners all share a
commitment to involving and designing services with users."

It was also announced that next year's awards will include a new award to be
given for the best use of technology to make collections accessible to
people with a learning difficulty. "This is an exciting new partnership
between the Jodi Awards and the Rix Centre," said Lord Rix. "People with a
learning disability are often overlooked when new services are being
developed and we want to change this." 

The 2007 judging panel comprised: Ross Parry (Chair), Department of Museums
Studies, University of Leicester; Rebecca McGinnis, Metropolitan Museum, New
York; Jon Pratty, 24 Hour Museum; Edwina Smart, Pontyprydd Library and
Marcus Weisen, Policy Adviser: Inclusion and Communities, MLA. 

The National Archives 

The National Archives, Kew, TW9 4DU, Surrey, England

T: 020 8876 3444

Open: Mon, Wed, Fri 09.00-17.00 Tues 10.00-19.00 Thur 09.00-19.00 Sat
09.30-17.00

Doncaster Central Library 

Doncaster Central Library, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3JE, South Yorkshire,
England

T: 01302 734320

Wolverhampton Art Gallery 

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU, West
Midlands, England

T: 01902 552055

Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00 

Closed: Sun & Bank Holidays

Colchester Castle Museum 

Castle Park, Colchester, CO1 1TJ, Essex, England

T: 01206 282939

Open: Mon-Sat 1000-1700 Sun 1100-1700

British Museum 

The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, England

T: +44 (0)20 7323 8299

Open: Museum opening hours: Saturday - Wednesday 10.00-17.30 Thursday -
Friday 10.00-20.30 Great Court Opening Hours: Sunday - Wednesday 09.00-18.00
Thursday - Saturday 09.00-23.00 Reading Room Opening Hours: Saturday -
Wednesday, Friday - 10.00-17.30 Thursday 10.00-20.30

Closed: Closed 1 January, Good Friday and 24-26 December every year.

 <http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART48172.html>
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART48172.html

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From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:33 AM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Leisure Survey


Hi Vince,
I didn't get the attatchement. Could you try once more? 
Thanks,
Lisa

accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev 15. juni 2007 kl. 03:39 +0000:
Hope you don't mind if I forward this message, which appeared in the BCAB 
list.

Message starts.

From: "David McGookin" <mcgookdk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:54 PM
Subject: Leisure Questionnaire


Hello,

   We got your contact details from your website  and wondered if you
would be able to help us out.  We are working on a research project at
Glasgow University investigating leisure activities of visually impaired
people and the problems encountered when carrying these out.  In order
to do this we have created a questionnaire that we would like as many
people as possible with visual impairments to complete.  The
questionnaire covers the types of activities that people may carry out
in their leisure time.  A copy of the questionnaire in both word and PDF
format is attached to this email.  We would appreciate if you could help
us distribute it.


Many Thanks

David McGookin

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Dr. David McGookin
Research Associate - MultiVis 2
Dept. of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
Scotland, G12 8QQ
tel: +44 (0)141 330 8430
fax: +44 (0)141 330 4913
email: mcgookdk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcgookdk

Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design
31st August - 1st September 2006

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcgookdk/multivis/workshop.html
Message ends.

Vince. 



Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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