The Jodi Awards will be presented during a ceremony at the Museums Association Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool on 11 November.
The awards celebrate best practice in making collections accessible to disabled people in museums, libraries and other heritage sites across the UK and internationally. Previous winners include Tate Modern in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
This year, three new public-engagement awards will replace the previous categories for digital access online and digital access onsite.
The new awards will be given for access planning and user involvement, for projects demonstrating exemplary levels of user involvement; innovation, for technical solutions that promote accessibility; and legacy and impact, for projects that are actively increasing access.
The awards are overseen by the Jodi Mattes Trust and will this year be run for the first time by a committee of volunteers drawn from the museum and heritage sector. An International Jodi Award, recognising the best website outside the UK, will also be presented.
The Jodi Awards were set in 2002 by the Museums Computer Group. The first award was announced at a Royal National Institute for the Blind conference in 2003.
The awards celebrate best practice in making collections accessible to disabled people in museums, libraries and other heritage sites across the UK and internationally. Previous winners include Tate Modern in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
This year, three new public-engagement awards will replace the previous categories for digital access online and digital access onsite.
The new awards will be given for access planning and user involvement, for projects demonstrating exemplary levels of user involvement; innovation, for technical solutions that promote accessibility; and legacy and impact, for projects that are actively increasing access.
The awards are overseen by the Jodi Mattes Trust and will this year be run for the first time by a committee of volunteers drawn from the museum and heritage sector. An International Jodi Award, recognising the best website outside the UK, will also be presented.
The Jodi Awards were set in 2002 by the Museums Computer Group. The first award was announced at a Royal National Institute for the Blind conference in 2003.