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Building Accessible Collections One Compliance Review at a Time
Conference Track
5. User Experience
Keywords
Accessibility, Section 508 Standards
Learning Objectives
identifty the basic elements of a compliant resource, understand the impact of the compliance review on resource discoverability
Abstract
In response to a state audit, the University requires all EIT purchases to undergo an extensive review process to determine if the proposed purchases meet the requirements for accessibility. To this end, the compliance review process was implemented and an exhaustive review of all electronic holdings was completed.