Accessibility Resources

Standards

• Section 508 Standards (U.S.)
• WCAG 1.0 (W3C/Web Accessibility Initiative)
• WCAG 2.0 FAQ (Draft)
• Code of Practice (UK Disability Rights Commission)
• Web Accessibility (European Union)
• Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS)

Selected Checklists

WCAG

• Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (W3C)

Section 508

• Section 508 Checklist
• W3C Quick Reference Guide to Section 508 Resource Documents (WAI)
  (53 pages, describes federal regulations and gives tips for achieving compliance)

Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS)

• IWAS Made Easy (Bradley Dilger, WIU)
• IWAS Checklist (Dilger)

Validators

• HTML/XHTML
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• WebXACT (WCAG/s.508; formerly "Bobby")

Online Accessibility Resources

• Accessible Net
• Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education (AWARE -- HTML Writer's Guild)
• Accessible Web Page Design
• Accessibility Consulting: Tutorials, Links and Resources (Thatcher Consulting)
• Cynthia Says Validator (ICDRI)
• Delorie (web-based Lynx tool)
• Designing More Usable Web Sites (UW-Madison)
• Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS)
• IBM Home Page Reader
• Illinois Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility (UIUC)
• Web Accessibility (Dilger - WIU)
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind

Selected Online Articles (General)

• Dive Into Accessibility: 30 days to a more accessible web site
• How People With Disabilities Use the Web (W3C)
• Introduction to Web Accessibility (P. Bohman, WebAIM).
• Is Your Site ADA-Compliant...or a Lawsuit-in-Waiting? (Waddell/Thomason)
• Seven Easy Steps Toward Web Site Accessibility
• Web Accessibility Information Resources (Fresno State)
• What Is Web Accessibility? (Moss)

Selected Articles (Accessibility and Libraries)

• Beech, Pat. For your eyes only: Making services more accessible. Public Library Journal 18:3 (Autumn 2003).
• Bertot, John Carlo; Snead, John; Jaeger, Paul; and Charles R. McClure. Functionality, usability, and accessibility: Iterative user-centered evaluation strategies for digital libraries. Performance Measurement & Metrics 7:1 (2006).
• Dunlap, Isaac Hunter. How Database-Driven Web Sites Enhance Accessibility. Library Hi Tech News 23:8 (2006).
• Guenther, Kim. Section 508 and your Web site. Online 26:2 (Mar/Apr 2002).
• Huang, Jie and Susan Russell. The digital divide and academic achievement. Electronic Library 24:2 (2006).
• IFLA. Professional codes of ethics/conduct. (2005), available at: http://www.ifla.org/faife/ethics/codes.htm (accessed 17 Sept 2006).
• Jackson-Sanborn, Emily. Web site accessibility: a study of six genres. Library Hi Tech 20:3 (2002).
• Kirkpatrick, Cheryl H. Getting Two for the Price of One: Accessibility and Usability. Computers in Libraries 23:1 (Jan 2003).
• Lane, Janai Powell. Are Web Sites a "Public Accomodation" Under Title III of the ADA?. Reference Services Quarterly 21:1 (2002).
• Loomis, Richard. Practical Website Accessibility for the Small and Rural Library. Rural Libraries 23:2 (2003).
• McManus, Molly Signs. Web Accessibility: What Your Library Can Do. Mississippi Libraries 69:4 (Winter 2005) p. 87-9.
• O'Grady, Laura. Web accessibility: validation and repair: which tool and why? Library Hi Tech 21:4 (2003).
• Phillips, Joi Jones; Stump, Sheryl. Making Materials for the Blind and Visually Impaired Visible in the Library's Catalog and Web Site. Mississippi Libraries 70:2 (Summer 2006).
• Riley, Cheryl. Electronic Content: Is it Accessible to Clients With "Differabilities". The Serials Librarian 46:3/4 (2004).
• Riley, Cheryl A. Libraries, aggregator databases, screen readers and clients with disabilities. Library Hi Tech 20:2 (2002).
• Schlitter, Joan. Make Your Library Accessible! Ohio Media Spectrum 54:2 (Spring 2002).
• Schmetzke, Axel. Accessibility of Web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Library Hi Tech 20:4 (2002).
• Stewart, Rom.; Narenda, Vivek.; Schmetzke, Axel. Accessibility and usability of online library databases. Library Hi Tech 23:2 (2005).
• Taylor, John. Serving Blind Readers in a Digital Age. American Libraries 35:1 (December 2004).
• Wall, Patricia S. Disabled student access in an era of technology. Internet and Higher Education 6:3 (2003).
• Wattenberg, Ted. Beyond legal compliance: Communities of advocacy that support accessible online learning. Internet and Higher Education 7:2 (2004).
• Weisen, Marcus.; Petrie, Helen.; Hamilton, Fraser. Web Accessibility Revealed: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Audit. Ariadne 44 (July 2005), Online.