Director, Connect Culture , inclusive travel advisory service
Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Access and Information coordinator at Disability Awareness in Action (DAA)
- Director at Connect Culture
- Member at Equality 2025
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- Relationship Manager at Coventry University
- Editor at uiGarden.net
- Editorial assistant (English) at ICHIM
- Research Coordinator at Center of Health Policy and Research (CHPR)
- Teaching Assistant at University of Texas, Austin
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- Heriot-Watt University
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Open University, UK
- London South Bank University
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Eleanor Lisney’s Summary
As Access and information coordinator at Disability Awareness in Action
- co ordinating information for the information network on disability and human rights
- conducting access assessments of various disability rights training meetings for DPOs in the country
As a member of Equality 2025
- working closely with government to find a way for all disabled people’s views and experiences to be heard. This is so that future policies and services are designed to give disabled people the services they want when they need them.
As Relationship Manager
- Managing an online collection of teaching materials shared by tutors and lecturers from FE colleges in the West Midlands.
- Training on repository resources, how to utilise repository with VLE
- Encouraging a collaboration community and promoting a culture of sharing resources
As English editing assistant for ICHIM (France)
- Read conference abstracts, provide translations (French to English) when required, edit abstracts, provided keywords, write mailings, copy edit content for website, work to deadlines.
As Editor (bilingual webzine)
- Provided English editing support and chose usability topics for bilingual Chinese English webzine
As Research Coordinator (USA)
- Provided day-to-day content management ensuring web accessibility and usability, assisted in the development of projects and grant proposals, provided presentation support, wrote technical instructions and coordinated meetings for a Personal Assistant website and answer enquiries as the contact point for the website,wrote evaluation reports on the first stage of the website launch, assisted in curriculum research and materials, presentations, meeting preparation and provided administrative support for research in medical policy.
Eleanor Lisney’s Specialties:
Specialties
Inclusive Travel
Access Advisor
Information specialist with expertise in web accessibility and usability. Keen advocate of disability equality and access in all its forms - from the digital divide to cultural issues.
English literature and technical communication and VLE, E-learning
usability, web accessibility, disability awarenesss, library and information science, technical communication, networking, cultural brokerage
Eleanor Lisney’s Experience
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Access and Information coordinator
Disability Awareness in Action (DAA)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Disability Awareness in Action is an information network on disability and human rights.
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Director
Connect Culture
(Information Services industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Cultural Diversity, Disability Equality and access auditor, information specialist
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Member
Equality 2025
(Government Relations industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Equality 2025 is a network of disabled people which advises the Westminster Government on issues affecting them. It was set up in December 2006 in response to the Government's 'Life Chances of Disabled People' report.
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Relationship Manager
Coventry University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; E-Learning industry)
October 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 6 months)
- Managing an online collection of teaching materials shared by tutors and lecturers from FE colleges in the West Midlands.
- Training on repository resources, how to utilise repository with VLE
- Encouraging a collaboration community and promoting a culture of sharing resources -
Editor
uiGarden.net
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 3 months)
English Editor - uiGarden.net
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Editorial assistant (English)
ICHIM
(Museums and Institutions industry)
July 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 3 months)
I worked with Xavier Perrot and others in the ICHIM team on ICHIM Berlin 2004 and Paris, 2005 on the web and proceedings. I translated French copy into English and helped with some of the newsletters to deadlines. http://www.ichim.org/ichim05/index.html
The Formal program of ICHIM07 frames the challenges we face in a globalizing and digitizing world to preserve culture, enhance inter-cultural understanding, and communicate the communality and differences in the human experience worldwide. -
Research Coordinator
Center of Health Policy and Research (CHPR)
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
April 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 3 months)
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Teaching Assistant
University of Texas, Austin
(Information Services industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Eleanor Lisney’s Education
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Heriot-Watt University
Inclusive Environment , Inclusive Environment , 2007 — 2007
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The University of Texas at Austin
MSIS , Library and Information Science , 2000 — 2002
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Open University, UK
MA , Literature , January 1998 — August 2001
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London South Bank University
Research Fellow 2007
Additional Information
Eleanor Lisney’s Websites:
Eleanor Lisney’s Interests:
Poetry, Cultural exchange, international cuisine, post colonial literature, feminist issues, disability culture and advocacy. Editor UIGarden.net, Forum Administrator - bilingual webzine - weaving usability and culture between China and the West. Editor Asian Studies Asia-Pacific Meta-Resources: Conferences, Databases and Mailing List.
Eleanor Lisney’s Groups:
Access Association, West Midlands Regional Secretary, W.A.I.T.S Women Policy Forum, Council of Disabled People (Warwickshire and Coventry), Coventry Artspace Trustee
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School of Information, University of Texas at Austin -
Museums and the Web -
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games – Support the Organizing Committee -
Accessible Travel
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Coventry University Employees -
Save Bletchley Park -
Design for All -
EC Equalitynews -
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games + People with Disabilities
Eleanor Lisney’s Honors:
Mary E.Cleveland Endowed Presidential Scholarship 2001-2002Scholarship award. NCAPAL (National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians) Scholarship award June 2001, San Francisco, Millennium Award
Eleanor Lisney’s Contact Settings
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