Tufts University

This planning project, led by Tufts University, will bring together experts from disability services with librarians, IT professionals, advocates, and legal counsel to develop work plans for shared infrastructure, within which universities can support their students with disabilities. Disability accommodations frequently include altering course content to make it accessible. Repository services are needed to enable schools to deposit their own accessible digital files, use files from other institutions, and reduce the number of searches required for content discovery. Using focus groups, working groups, a stakeholder colloquy, and an advisory board for guidance, the project will result in a white paper summarizing findings, a work plan for creating repository services and a paper to submit for publication. The intention is to create specifications and a business model that will complement existing platforms and services.