As library users access more services through the Web, the importance of providing usable
and accessible websites and content has come to the forefront of library service concerns …

Purpose To provide librarians with a better understanding of what makes online content truly
accessible and to increase awareness of the current common accessibility issues found in …

The increasing provision of Web-based information resources has moved from a simple text
interface to dynamic and interactive designs. While this move has provided people with a …

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), libraries not only have to
provide equal access for patrons to physical collections and equipment but to electronic …

Librarians and libraries have long been committed to providing equitable access to
information. In the past decade and a half, the growth of the Internet and the rapid increase …

We incorporate the perspective of diversity in order to discuss accessibility problems in
LIS.“Diversity” is defined as the ability to create and ensure inclusive information access and …

Nearly one-fifth of Americans have some form of disability, and accessibility guidelines and
standards that apply to libraries are complicated, unclear, and difficult to achieve …

Purpose Academic library web sites contain a vast amount of content, often contributed by a
large number of content creators with varying levels of technical expertise. The Penn State …

This article argues that accessibility and universality are essential to good Web design. A
brief review of library science literature sets the issue of Web accessibility in context. The …

Library Web design has only two truisms. The first applies specifically to library Web design:
users want simplified access to the known information they are seeking, and they want …