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Web Accessibility at Indiana University

Web Accessibility at Indiana University. Digital Library Brown Bag. Margaret Londergan & Julie Hardesty. Committee History. Web Standards Committee – 2006

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Web Accessibility at Indiana University

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  1. Web Accessibility at Indiana University Digital Library Brown Bag Margaret Londergan & Julie Hardesty

  2. Committee History • Web Standards Committee – 2006 • To develop and maintain a set of standards, guidelines, and resources to facilitate the quality and consistency of Web publishing at Indiana University. To foster a community of people who will share their knowledge and experiences, communicate, collaborate, and leverage existing and emerging technologies and resources effectively and efficiently. Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  3. Web Standards Subcommittees • Web Accessibility • Emerging Technologies • Integrating Institutional Data • Calendaring • Multimedia • Privacy Notice • RSS Feeds Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  4. About Web Accessibility Committee • Core group and mission took a while to form • First goal - develop a “web accessibility policy” for IU • Methodology • Reviewed Big 10, other academic institutions • Reviewed legal issues (Section 508, ADA, Telecommunications Act, etc) • Wrote 1st draft policy Fall 2007 Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  5. About Web Accessibility Committee • Policy review followed • Points of debate: • Terminology • Exact Purpose • Scope • Legal Issues • Length (verbose or succinct) • How much to include (guidelines, tools, examples, legal references) • Structure of policy document Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  6. Web Accessibility Policy, Or Not • Have policy, will travel • 1st stop – UITS IT Policy Office • Reviewed and redirected • 2nd stop - IU Office of Affirmative Action • Bus is currently located here • 3rd stop - ?? Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  7. Policy Support Documents • Guidelines • Based on Section 508, WCAG 1 & 2, and Best Practices • Resources • Tools – i.e., Firefox plug-ins to aid web development • Validators – i.e., W3C or F/B Color Contrast Analyzer to aid evaluation of web sites • Classes • STEPS class through UITS that ends in certification • ATC Testing • ATC evaluations of web sites (functional and coding evaluations) using screen reading technologies, FAE Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  8. Web Accessibility in Practice • Indiana Magazine of History • W3C HTML and CSS validators • Firefox plug-ins (Fangs, DOM Inspector) • ATC evaluation • Search forms missing labels or labeled poorly • Search results – more headings, more descriptive links needed Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  9. What’s Next? • Continue shepherding policy • Guidelines publication • Resources development and publication • Class development • Rollout strategy Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

  10. Comments! Questions? Suggestions. Margaret Londergan Manager, Adaptive Technology Centers londerga@indiana.edu Julie Hardesty Usability & Interface Specialist, Digital Library Program jlhardes@indiana.edu Web Accessibility Committee: Digital Library Brown Bag

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