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ALA Digital Content Working Group
- Formed 2011 at the recommendation of EQUACC
- Advises ALA regarding opportunities and issues related to libraries and digital content and the provision of equitable access to digital content for all.
- Supposed to address specific issues, such as business models, accessibility, privacy, etc.
- Focus appears to be on e-books.
- Published a "Scorecard for Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries," which included accessibility among its 13 criteria.
- Subgroup on accessibility (formation announced at ALA-Midwinter 2013)
- But …
- None of the available meeting minutes indicate further activities concerning accessibility (summer 2013)