Journal article
Web Accessibility: Exploring the Disconnect between Increased Awareness and Persistent Website Error
Tennessee libraries (Memphis, Tenn.), Vol.63(1)
01/01/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100014
Abstract
Providing universal access to online information is a worthy ideal for academic institutions. This paper surveys the laws and guidelines that have been enacted to ensure web accessibility for users with disabilities. The author then reviews the literature pertaining to web accessibility and conducts an investigation of the 22 schools listed in the Directory of ALA-Accredited Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies (LIS) as offering a 100% online program of study. Contrary to Schmetzke's study (2001), this study finds that the websites of LIS programs fare better than those of their campus library counterparts. The overall levels of web accessibility remain very low, however. The paper concludes that although researchers are raising the general level of awareness of issues concerning web accessibility, many website designers are not taking the subsequent steps to remedy existing errors.
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Details
- Title
- Web Accessibility: Exploring the Disconnect between Increased Awareness and Persistent Website Error
- Creators
- BLAKE L GALBREATH - Washington State University, Libraries
- Publication Details
- Tennessee libraries (Memphis, Tenn.), Vol.63(1)
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Publisher
- Tennessee Library Association; Memphis
- Identifiers
- 99900503191301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article