Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines
Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines
November 2023
Information Industry News
Developed by the Accessibility Policy and Workflows Group of the Digital Library Federation, this document aids the GLAM community in adopting best practices for accessibility and offers advice on drafting and implementing accessibility policies.
The 39-page document covers the following:
Why accessibility is important
Writing an accessibility policy
Putting policy into practice
Accessibility standards and best practices
Accessibility tools
Advocacy and trouble-shooting tips
It closes with this paragraph:
The authors intend these guidelines not only to serve as your foundation for developing accessibility policies and procedures in an achievable way but provide you with direction on how to put them into action. They may help you advocate for the importance ofaccessibility being factored into every stage of digital library work. Accessibility benefits everyone and is the foundation of usability.
The full text of the report is available via Zenodo for download here.
Abstract
Barboza, C., et al. Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines: A Guide by the Digital Accessibility Working Group. Zenodo, 26 Oct. 2023, doi:10.5281/zenodo.10045111.
