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Traditionally, journals have been read-only. Publishers would print out their volumes and ship them to their subscribers. Sharing was done in person, if at all, and there was little engagement. Now, however, there is a shift to reading nearly everything on the web. Journals, to stay alive and competitive, have needed to embrace modern trends.
Technology is accessible when designed to understand the needs of individuals with impaired abilities, and developed to create universal compatibility between users and computer systems. Assistive Technology is often the merger between people seeking to operate software, and programmers, who are developing the services being offered to the public.
Email communication was never conceived to be the center of our digital lives, hence it wasn't created with security in mind. Today it is an essential part of business communication. Everyday sensitive and confidential information traverses the Internet and other unsecured networks where it may be intercepted or read. Microsoft Office 365 service has been improved by providing multiple methods to encrypt your email, including OME (Office Message Encryption), S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail), IRM (Information Rights Management) and TLS (Transport Layer Security).
With limited staffing resources available, supervisors often are overseeing the case work of a high number of attorneys while managing their own caseloads. Supervisors are able to leverage case-related data and technology to ensure the attorneys they supervise are serving their clients in the most efficient and effective manner. This webinar will explore some of the strategies used by the legal services community that utilize technology to enhance supervision within their organizations.
Speakers: Darius Lind Senior Consultant Just-Tech
Legal Services Vermont (LSV) and Atlanta Legal Aid Society (ALAS) developed a web accessibility toolkit as part of their TIG-funded projects to enhance their statewide legal help websites. The organizations partnered with a consultant, David Berman Communications, to explore and implement best practices for making their website accessible to people with disabilities.
This toolkit covers:
In this webinar, presenters Faith Laminack and Allison Carnwath discuss ways to make websites more accessible for individuals with disabilities. Typically when we think of accessibility we consider it within a physical space like ramps for wheelchairs or handicap parking spaces, for example. However, in the age of digital media, it is important that websites are made accessible as well. Laminack and Carnwath provide a variety of examples such as keyboard navigation, text visibility, and video cues for audio to help increase accessibilty.
As technology becomes an increasingly critical part of how we work, organizational leaders are actively seeking ways to learn more about the software and best practices that can make their programs more effective and help them meet or exceed the LSC Technology Baselines. But with so many different technologies and solutions available, how do you know what’s useful, what’s affordable, and what’s practical?
Telephones—including text messaging, email, and chat—are a common means for people to seek help, and hotlines are a common way legal services provide that help. The right technologies can make sure your organization provides advice, referrals, and services clients need efficiently and in line with your existing procedures for intake and confidentiality.
By Probono Net 7/23/2014
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