Providing barrier-free access to the Library’s print collection

Students, faculty, and staff with print disabilities can now discover and download books in accessible formats via a new web-accessible repository called the Accessible Content E-Portal (ACE).

The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and participating Ontario university libraries have joined efforts to convert and supply in-demand print titles from the libraries’ collections. The online repository currently includes over 1,400 titles — Waterloo has supplied over 25 percent of these titles.

The Library has been integrally involved in the creation of this repository since its inception. Janet Wason, the Coordinator for Library Services for Persons with Disabilities, chaired the ACE repository working group and along with other library staff contributed to the creation of an Accessibility Information Toolkit for Libraries, a complementary resource for Ontario libraries.

For more information, contact:

Janet Wason
Coordinator, Library Services for Persons with Disabilities
519-888-4567 ext. 33012