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What Information Are We Providing to Users with Disabilities? An Analysis of ARL Libraries’ Accessibility Webpages

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: An analysis of ARL libraries’ webpages of accessibility information revealed wide variation in terms of these pages’ findability, length, and coverage. Overall, most of the content elements that were searched for, based on previous webpage studies and user-centered research, were not present on the majority of the webpages. There is clearly much room to expand the accessibility information most ARL libraries provide, which raises questions about whether this is primarily an issue of documentation or reflects true gaps in available resources, services, and facilities. A guide for auditing these webpages was developed to help libraries assess potential gaps in these webpages.

Source: College & Research Libraries

DOI: 10.5860/crl.82.7.935

Authors: Amelia Brunskill, Catherine Lantz, Kavita Mundle

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Chicago