[HTML][HTML] WCAG 2.1 and the current state of web accessibility in libraries

C Spina - Weave: Journal of Library User Experience, 2019 - quod.lib.umich.edu
Ensuring the accessibility of web content is key to ensuring that users with disabilities have
equal access to online information and services. However, as a review of the literature …

Web accessibility

P Brophy, J Craven - Library trends, 2007 - muse.jhu.edu
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 …

An introduction to web accessibility, web standards, and web standards makers

N McHale - Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide to improving web accessibility

C Ng - Weave: Journal of Library User Experience, 2017 - quod.lib.umich.edu
This article is intended to provide guidance on making library websites and other digital
content accessible within the constraints of most organizations' technological environments …

Accessibility in the virtual library: Creating equal opportunity Web sites

C Casey - Information technology and libraries, 1999 - search.proquest.com
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 …

Website accessibility: A comparative analysis of Australian national and state/territory library websites

V Conway, J Brown, S Hollier… - The Australian Library …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper assesses the accessibility of the websites of the National Library of Australia, and
those of each of the State/Territory Libraries. The analysis has been conducted using expert …

Accessibility and usability of online library databases

R Stewart, V Narendra, A Schmetzke - Library Hi Tech, 2005 - emerald.com
Purpose–The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that all library services,
programs and activities be accessible to people with disabilities. Web‐based indexes and …

Improving academic library website accessibility for people with disabilities

L Billingham - Library Management, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explain how Edith Cowan University (ECU) Library
improved the accessibility of their web site, aiming for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines …

Meeting a higher standard: A case study of accessibility compliance in LibGuides upon the adoption of WCAG 2.0 guidelines

M Chee, KD Weaver - Journal of Web Librarianship, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Libraries are cognizant of the need to follow accessibility guidelines and best practices in
their web-mounted materials. This is of particular importance within the Canadian province …

Web accessibility assessment of urban public library websites

SL Maatta Smith - Public Library Quarterly, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In an age of ubiquitous information and communication technologies, urban public libraries
are some of the only places to provide free Internet access for all members of the community …