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Selected publications and presentations
Doctoral Student
Jaxsen R. Day
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
I am a doctoral student in Information Studies at the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin.
My research centers on disability and accessibility, with a particular focus on information access in academic and technological contexts. I am especially interested in how disabled people encounter academic reading materials, library systems, visual information, and AI-enabled technologies.
My work draws on information studies, accessible user experience, and disability-informed perspectives on technology design and use. This site brings together my research, teaching, presentations, and other academic activity.
- Accessibility
- Visual impairment
- Academic libraries
- Generative AI
- Information science
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Recent talks, interviews, and featured appearances
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Major activity areas spanning teaching, service, and research
Publications and Presentations
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Academic libraries and accessibility: How academic librarians assist students with visual impairments in accessing academic reading materials
The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 2026 · Volume 52, Article 103238
Examines how academic librarians support students with visual impairments in obtaining access to academic reading materials.
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Voice interfaces for library accessibility: Challenges identified by academic librarians
ASIS&T Mid-Year Meeting · 2023 · Presentation, 6 pages
Examines challenges that academic librarians identified when considering voice interfaces as tools for improving library accessibility.
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Serving the needs of students with disabilities: How academic librarians can collaborate with publishers and disability services offices
Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology · 2020 · Poster, 6 pages
Discusses how academic librarians can work with publishers and disability services offices to improve access for students with disabilities.
Research themes
Designing access into the workflow, not adding it after the fact
My work looks at how accessibility is shaped by infrastructure: document formats, library systems, classroom practices, interface design, and the adoption of AI tools in higher education.
The throughline is practical. I am interested in the points where disabled people lose time, context, or autonomy, and in the design choices that can restore them.
Approach
Accessibility becomes more durable when it is treated as part of everyday information systems rather than as a special-case exception.
Recent Talks and Features
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Responsible AI for Education: Student Panel
Responsible AI for Education 2026 · April 21, 2026 -
ET Talk Podcast: Episode 6 - Digital Accessibility, Infrastructure Rather Than Request
Enterprise Technology, The University of Texas at Austin · April 2026 -
From broken PDFs to instant access: How ChatGPT rebuilds the research workflow at UT Austin
OpenAI Academy · April 2026 -
Accessibility of Academic Reading Materials: Insights from Librarians, Students, and Disability Services
ALISE 2024 · October 2024
Academic Work
Review CV and experience- Research
Accessibility, disability, visual information, and information access in academic contexts. - Teaching
Experience across informatics, ethics in AI, accessible user experience, and capstone instruction. - Service
Academic committees, invited guest speaking, and accessibility-centered collaboration.