Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World Case Study Exercise

Nina McHale

LITA National Forum

October 1-2, 2009

Case 1: Library Tutorial

• Home-grown CQ Researcher Tutorial• Created with Captivate• URL:

http://library.auraria.edu/~ksobel/tutorials/cqresearcher/index.html

Case 2: Skyline Catalog

• Auraria Library’s catalog• Vendor: Innovative Interfaces, Inc.• Includes local customizations made by

Web Librarian• http://skyline.cudenver.edu

Case 3: Academic Search Premier

• “Advanced Search” screen• Vendor: EBSCO• URLs vary by institutional subscription• EBSCO’s accessibility statement:

– http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?topicID=844&marketID=1

Case 4: Twitter

• Twitter home page• URL: twitter.com• Of note: www.accessibletwitter.com (in

alpha)

Case Study 5: University of Michigan Libraries Home Page

• URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/• Newly launched Drupal site

Case 6: LibGuides

• Auraria Library subject guide home page• Uses LibGuides CMS• Vendor: SpringShare• URL: guides.auraria.edu/subject/

Case 7: Academic OneFile

• “Power Search” screen• Vendor: Gale Cengage• URL varies by institutional subscription• Gale Cengage’s accessibility statement

Case 8: Facebook

• facebook.com• Facebook’s accessibility statement

Case 9: Library of Congress

• LOC home page• www.loc.gov

Case 10: Library Blog

• Auraria Library FYI news blog• Google’s Blogger platform• URL: aurarialibraryfyi.blogspot.com

Case 11: World Cat Local

• WorldCat at Auraria• Vendor: OCLC• aurarialibrary.worldcat.org

Case 12: Delicious

• Delicious home page• delicious.com• Discussion thread