New Article: “A Practical Guide to Improving Web Accessibility”

The following peer-reviewed article appears in the latest issue of Weave: Journal of Library User Experience
Title
A Practical Guide to Improving Web Accessibilityy
Author
Cynthia Ng
New Westminster Public Library
Source
Weave: Journal of Library User Experience
Volume 1, Issue 7 (2017)
10.3998/weave.12535642.0001.701
From the Introduction

This article is intended to provide guidance on making library websites and other digital content accessible within the constraints of most organizations’ technological environments. Accessibility can mean different things depending on the context, but the focus in this article is on web accessibility, which the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) defines as “enabling people with disabilities to participate equally on the Web” (W3C, 2016). Many existing articles provide an overview of the big picture aspects of accessibility, including benefits to the organization (see Rowland, Mariger, Siegel & Whiting, 2010), legislation (see Fulton, 2011), statistics (see local census data), and general principles (see Quesenbery, 2014). The focus of this piece will be on specific best practices and guidelines, as well as their benefits for content creators, who frequently have limited access to edit digital content and cannot always apply recommended solutions that assume full control and access.

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