Accessibility

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Cataloging for Accessibility / Teressa Keenan

ala core login required

presentation

A webinar that introduces accessibility metadata, focusing on how to include accessibility metadata in library catalog records.  Specific MARC fields and options for their use in discovery layers to make accessible resources more easily findable are discussed.  ALA Core members can access the webinar for free.

Presented on January 11, 2023

The Importance of Accessibility Metadata / Dr. George Kerscher

NISO DEIA Webinars, Workshop #2, Nov. 15, 2021

presentation

A presentation on accessibility metadata for persons with “print disabilities” that focuses on accessibility requirements for born digital print resources and associated metadata.

Primo Customizations for Braille & Large Print / Northwestern University

manual or guide

GitHub repository documentation for customizing a local resource type in Primo for Large Print and Braille resources.

User Experience Guide for Displaying Accessibility Metadata 1.0: Final Community Group Report / W3C Community Group Final Report

September 27, 2021

manual or guide

More and more publishers are creating publications that are Born Accessible (i.e., accessible from the outset, not fixed later) and getting the accessibility validation or audit done by independent organizations. This document proposes a shared framework for presenting publication accessibility metadata in a user-friendly manner.