Accessibility audit of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association

J J Pionke; Carol Shannon; Matthew Regan; Gerald Natal; Jessica D. Gilbert Redman; Jessica Decaro; Anna Biszaha; Julia Carol Stumpff; Jennifer Feldman; Sara Westall

doi:10.5195/jmla.2025.2092

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Accessibility audit of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association

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Accessibility audit of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association

J J Pionke, Carol Shannon, Matthew Regan, Gerald Natal, Jessica D. Gilbert Redman, Jessica Decaro, Anna Biszaha, Julia Carol Stumpff, Jennifer Feldman and Sara Westall

Journal of the Medical Library Association, Vol.113(4), pp.374-377

10/23/2025

DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2025.2092

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Background: In 2023, JJ Pionke became President of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MWCMLA). He determined that for his presidential year, he would form a task force to determine the accessibility levels of the chapter and remediate accessibility issues as appropriate. Case Presentation: To accomplish the accessibility audit of the MWCMLA, Pionke formed an Accessibility Task Force that was time limited to one year. Task force meetings were held once a month to keep people accountable and to share out progress and requests for assistance. The task force was broken up into four teams: annual meeting, policy, social media, and website. Task force members could be on more than one team. The goals of each team were generally the same: what are other organizations doing, what do we have already if anything, and develop best practices/policy/etc. as needed. Conclusions: The teams fulfilled their mandate by creating best practices/guidelines/policies documents. Some accessibility remediation was needed for the chapter website. The task force’s findings and materials were shared out among the MWCMLA as well as passed on to the presidents of the other chapters, many of whom had expressed interest in the results.

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Title: Subtitle: Accessibility audit of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Creators: J J Pionke - Syracuse University
Carol Shannon - University of Michigan
Matthew Regan
Gerald Natal - University of Toledo
Jessica D. Gilbert Redman
Jessica Decaro - Case Western Reserve University
Anna Biszaha - The Ohio State University
Julia Carol Stumpff - Indiana University
Jennifer Feldman - Cleveland Clinic
Sara Westall - University of North Dakota
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of the Medical Library Association, Vol.113(4), pp.374-377
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2025.2092
ISSN: 1536-5050
eISSN: 1558-9439
Publisher: MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOC
Number of pages: 4
Language: English
Date published: 10/23/2025
Academic Unit: Hardin Library
Record Identifier: 9985019142102771

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