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Enhancing Web Accessibility for Libraries: Best Practices and Tools

Explore how to make library websites more inclusive with tools like screen readers and guidelines such as WCAG 2.0. Ensure content is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for all users, including those with varying preferences and needs. Learn how to create accessible PDFs and navigate websites using only a keyboard. Advocate for web accessibility to broaden access and improve user experience.

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Enhancing Web Accessibility for Libraries: Best Practices and Tools

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  1. Accessibility tools 2014 ACRL OR/WA Conference – Tech Talk Christine Tawatao – University of Washington

  2. Adaptive Technology • Screen readers • Braille readers • Keyboard only • Voice command

  3. Accessibility in libraries computer browser school website library website catalog database article pdf

  4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Web content must be: • Perceivable • Operable • Understandable • Robust

  5. Accessible content

  6. Accessible = universal • Broadening access as wide as possible • Improvements for • Mobile • SEO • Users in a hurry • Users with varying preferences

  7. Accessibility tools • Web Accessibility Evaluation: http://wave.webaim.org/ • Create accessible PDFs: • Word for Windows (not Mac, print to pdf) • InDesign

  8. Walk in their shoes • Navigate with just your keyboard • Screen readers: • GoogleVox, NVDA, VoiceOver (iOS) • Make sure you know how to turn off! • Try it on mobile

  9. Learn more – advocate! • WebAIM – Web accessibility in mind: http://webaim.org/intro/ • ARL Web Accessibility Toolkit:http://accessibility.arl.org/ • ACRL Universal Access Interest Group: http://connect.ala.org/node/75381

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