[community] Coordinator, Library Accessibility Services & AODA Advisor
Mohsen Mahjoobnia
mm14kl at student.ocadu.ca
Thu Jul 26 20:15:31 UTC 2018
Coordinator, Library Accessibility Services & AODA Advisor
Requisition ID 2018-3037
Job Category Library
Department 5386 - Library
Job Status Temporary Appointment (Contract)
Hiring Range $59,433 - $74,291
More information about this jobOverview
*Term: 6 months*
As a member of Dana Porter Information Services and Resources, the
Coordinator, Library Accessibility Services & AODA Advisor contributes to
the success of students by the coordinating the Library’s support services
for persons* with disabilities and also advises all library staff on
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)-related issues as
they relate to the work library staff do.
* Usually students, but assistance is available to anyone with a disability.
For more information please visit:
https://uwaterloo.ca/library/about/work-library/coordinator-library-accessibility-services-aoda-advisor
Responsibilities
As a Coordinator, Library Accessibility Services & AODA Advisor within the
Library, the incumbent:
- Supports and advances the Library’s strategic directions to further
the Library’s contribution to the campus Strategic Plan for learning,
teaching, and research in the campus community
- Participates in the Library’s consultations with the campus community
to develop, implement, coordinate, and review
initiatives/services/resources that support accessible teaching, learning
and research
- Promotes the use of Library services and resources to the campus
community with an emphasis on persons with disabilities
- Remains current and conversant with trends and practices within the
library community related to areas of responsibility by:
- Maintaining general awareness of trends and developments in AODA
standards and legislative changes, and Human Rights legislation
related to
accessibility
- Maintaining awareness of best practices related to accessibility
including environmental (universal design & procurement),
customer service
and educational (universal design for learning) advances
- Maintaining awareness of advances in accessibility services,
technologies and resources
- Participates in Library, TUG, and provincial committees and groups
such as OCUL Accessibility Community of Practice and the ACE Repository
Working Group, and fosters collaboration, information sharing,
partnerships
between departments or groups
- Participates in professional development in areas of responsibility
to aid in ongoing knowledge and skills acquisition
As coordinator of Library Accessibility Services and the Adaptive
Technology Centre (ATC), the incumbent:
- Ensures the library’s services to this diverse group of users
contributes to their access, use, and understanding of information services
and resources and the adaptive technologies that work with these resources.
The incumbent oversees the workings of the Adaptive Technology Centre,
makes recommendations for improvements to the technology, services, and
layout of the Centre
- Develops or modifies service policies and procedures to ensure both
alignment with Library policies and functionality for Centre’s users in
consultation with department headsCoordinates the maintenance and updating
of the physical space and equipment
- Monitors emerging trends and best practices related to tools and
technologies that improve accessibility
- Makes recommendations regarding use of space, equipment, furniture
- Handles the acquisition, maintenance, use and up grading of
hardware and software available in the ATC
- Researches, tests and analyzes and purchases products with
available donation funds
- Oversees the use of the space
- Oversees the online and in house booking of the study rooms
- Updates and monitors access mechanisms to the centre such as the
key list and locker keys
- Monitors access privileges of students and addresses misuse of space
- Ensures AODA compliance is met in all customer service, communication,
procurement, environment aspects of the Centre
- Develops and maintains content for Library Accessibility Services
website
- Develops and supports a network of accessibility champions in each of
the Library’s departments. Champions would have increased knowledge of
accessibility, facilitate awareness of accessible service provision and
disseminate accessibility information within the department.
- Designs and distributes Library Accessibility Services promotional
materials in consultation with signage committee and communication team
- Collaborates with the Educational Technologist in AccessAbility
Services to ensure coordination of support of students moving between
Accessibility Services and the Library is seamless and complementary nature
of both services continue to align to best serve the students
- In carrying out these responsibilities, the incumbent works closely
with other library staff, particularly those in Circulation, Advancement
and Library Technology & Facilities Services, campus partners such as the
Director, AccessAbility Services and external partners such as the
Accessible Content E-Portal
As the provider of support for persons with disabilities in the Library,
the incumbent:
- Oversees or processes and troubleshoots alternate format requests for
all library materials
- Maintaining and updating processes with other library departments,
AccessAbility Services and the Accessible Content E-Portal to ensure
privacy of students and copyright respected
- Oversees or processes and troubleshoots alternate format requests for
textbooks
- Establishing relationships and processes with AccessAbility services,
publishers and Alternative Education Resources for Ontario to ensure
student privacy, copyright and publisher requirements are metProvides
orientation to the use of the Adaptive Technology Centre (ATC)
- Trains students in use of the hardware and software available in the
ATC as required
- Provides one-on-one and small group information service support and
accessibility targeted instruction related to information seeking
- Develops, maintain and update online guides for students
- Serves as liaison for AccessAbility Services students when they come
to the library
- Serves as liaison to AccessAbility Services
- Consults AccessAbility advisors about student issues and concerns
- Collaborates on orientation activities
- Attends staff meetings
- Keeps abreast of with disabilities issues, trends in service
provision
- Exchanges information on adaptive equipment
- Communicates and collaborates regularly with Educational
Technologist in Accessibility Services related to access enhancing
technologies and student support
- Participates in Accessibility outreach activities such as Open
Doors transition sessions
- Consults and is consulted regularly by Library Instruction Committee
and Outreach Committee to support the accessibility of their endeavours
- Develops and maintains communication channels with all training
committees and 'accessibility champions’ in the Library
As the AODA advisor in the Library, the incumbent advises all Library
departments, committees, and groups on AODA standards and supports the
standards being met and/or exceeded:
- Develops and maintains in-depth working knowledge of AODA legislative
standards and changes to those standards, best practices and emerging issues
- Communicates legislative updates, changes in practice and emerging
issues to Library managers and staff
- Provides leadership and advice on inclusive design for space for
renovations
- Uses their AODA knowledge and the adaptive technologies in the Centre
to provide assessment of or guidelines for assessment of accessibility of
research resources. Trains others as necessary.
- Serves as advisor to all Library departments to ensure accessibility
is considered in the planning and implementation of new and existing
services, changes to virtual/web environments in the and procurement of new
equipment and resources
- Develops, or participates in the development, and leads the
implementation of user needs assessments when related to persons with
disabilities. Aids in creating recommendations reports and ensures
communication of findings. This is done in collaboration with others in the
library with expertise in user needs assessment
- Provides orientation to Adaptive Technology Centre to all new library
staff
- Develops, maintain and update AODA toolkit for library staff
- Serves as a member of appropriate renovation and other committees,
working groups as needed
Provides inclusive library instruction to persons with disabilities, and
inclusive instruction training and support to Liaison Librarians and others
throughout the Library involved in instruction/ training:
- Provides tailored library instruction sessions for persons with
disabilities through AccessAbility Services or other appropriate venues
- Provides inclusive instruction/ universal design for learning training
for Liaison Librarians and all other Library staff involved in instruction
- Assists Liaison Librarians and others in developing and implementing
class accommodations for persons with disabilities in Library-based and
classroom-based instruction sessions
Collaboratively develops, designs and delivers training related to AODA
compliance and best practices for all Library staff:
- Develops library-specific, face-to-face AODA training sessions for
various target audiences within the Library including all permanent and
contract staff, casual staff and volunteers, those teaching others, and
service, policy and procedure developers. These sessions will complement
and enhance existing campus AODA requirements
- Works in collaboration with department heads and departmental training
committees or champions to implement regular training and refresher
opportunities
- Ensures AODA compliance through training, advice to department heads
and accessibility champions and monitoring of completion of modules and
transfer of the results to Director of Organizational Services
Provides general information services and research assistance at various
service points including the Adaptive Technology Centre, library
information service points, AssessAbility Services:
- Assists patrons in locating library resources and services as well as
campus information
- Instructs patrons in the use of library resources and services
- Participates in relevant committees and training initiatives as
appropriate
Participates in the general success of the ISR Department and Library:
- Participates in working groups and special projects as required
- Participates or coaches others in the testing and adoption of new
services and service delivery platforms with respect to accessibility
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience required
- Proven excellent communication skills, both oral and written,
including de-escalation skills are required
- Proven ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and working
relationships across multiple and diverse organizations, and across levels
within organizations from specialist to executive level
- Experience providing services for or working with persons with
disabilities is required
- The successful candidate will have a high level of comfort with
technology including:
- the ability and aptitude to learn and use new technologies to
enhance and deliver information services
- knowledge of current trends, best practices, tools and technologies
related to accessibility
- experience with adaptive tools and technologies that support
persons with disabilities in libraries
- experience in website maintenance and content development best
practice
- using inclusive/universal design for learning and usability testing
knowledge
- Knowledge of AODA accessibility standards and their implementation in
Libraries, as well as basic knowledge of copyright as it relates to persons
with disabilities is required
- Demonstrated ability to interact with all staff and patrons in a
respectful and sensitive manner
- Proven ability to work effectively in a service oriented environment,
which values collaboration and collegiality
- The successful candidate will be a proven self-starter with
demonstrated commitment to innovation, creativity, and excellence
- Demonstrated ability to independently, as well as collaboratively,
lead, plan, coordinate, implement and assess effective services, including
managing multiple and simultaneous projects is required
- The successful incumbent will have experience instructing one-on-one
and in small groups as well as staff training experience
- Must have a strong understanding of space use, universal design and
development in an inclusive manner
- Ability to identify new service and engagement opportunities and to
collaborate with library managers and colleagues on the feasibility,
development and sustainability of new services and programs is required
- Knowledge of disability issues, promotion & marketing design and
implementation, and of ACE (Accessible Content E-Portal) and AERO
(Alternative Education Resources Ontario) are assets
- Experience with information service delivery in person or virtually is
an asset
- The successful candidate will be required to complete a vulnerable
sector check as part of the recruitment process
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*Mohsen Mahjoobnia (Moisen), *
Inclusive Integration and Virtual Reality Entrepreneur,
MDes, Inclusive Design, OCAD University.
Connect via: *LinkedIn* | Email: moisenm at gmail.com|Phone: 647-460-7009
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