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Accessib ibil ilit ity a and Library W Websi sites: s: What You N Need eed to Kn Know

Lauren Douglass, East Lansing Public Library Sonya Schryer Norris, Library of Michigan

Febru ruary ry 6, 2018

Febru ruary ry 7, 2018

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nant nt alleg eges es that the e Library’s website has substantive accessib ibil ilit ity is issues.”

First st Step: Ask sk For Help

Se Second St Step: Leg egal Counsel el

And nd the hen, n, an i n int nteresting ng email from S Sonya... ...

So Sonya

Learned HTML writing an Intranet for the Braille and Talking Book Library where two staff members were screen reader users.

Michigan Dept of Ed Ed (MDE) E)

In 2014, the Michigan Department of Education faced the exact same complaint that East Lansing Public faced in 2017. We were the first agency in the nation to do so.

Our W Workin ing D Defin init itio ion of Accessible

"Accessible" as used in this Agreement means a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. A person with a disability must be able to obtain the information as fully, equally, and independently as a person without a disability. Although this might not result in identical ease of use compared to that of persons without disabilities, it still must ensure equal opportunity to the benefits and

• pportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of such

technology.

What at did t this mean an i in p prac actical al terms?

• Proper HTML mark-up with modern standards.
• Meeting the WCAG 2.0 AA level of compliance.

○ 1,700 webpages did not meet this standard. ○ Multiple errors across nearly 50 criteria of the WCAG 2.0

• The MDE’s website had over 8,200 PDFs and over 1,200

Office documents that did not meet the Accessibility Policy.

All had to be r e rem emediated o

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removed

MDE E Staf aff Trai aining Process

More than 50 people received one and a half days of in-person training and 4 hours of Lynda.com training.

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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC or Creative Cloud SiteImprove

What Was t the Result at at the 2 Year ar Mar ark?

The work was overwhelming and most staff decided that website content was too difficult to fix. Other big organizations have made different decisions.

What Have e We L e Lea earned ed At the 5 Year ar M Mar ark? A Positive Attitude Enforcement

Mar arch 2018...O ...One Month Later... ...

• 302 Agreement
• Draft Accessibility Policy
• Draft Accessibility Procedures
• Adopt Technical Standards
• Accessibility Audit
• Annual Training for Staff
• Deadlines

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• Site Clean-Up
• Accessibility Policy
• Accessibility Procedures
• Software Update
• Site Audit

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Nex ext S Step eps: Addi dding Accessib ibil ilit ity t to Procurem emen ent Lan anguag age

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Clarence the Clown is going to visit the library on

• Saturday. Learn about his

amazing tricks, see pictures

• f his feats, and click here to

register! A screen reader reads… Link: “Learn” Link: “See” Link: “Click here”

Don’t U Use “ e “Click Her ere” e” a as L Link T Tex ext

Our Friends Group has its fall book sale this weekend. You can read more about it here. Our Friends Group has its fall book sale this weekend. Screen reader reads: “Link: fall book sale”

Don’t R Rep epea eat Linked ed T Tex ext

Our website contains great information about what’s going on at the library. You can also view the website of

• ur township office to see

what’s going on in the community. Our website contains great information about what’s going on at the library. You can also view the website of

• ur township office to see

what’s going on in the community. “Link: our website.” “Link: township office.”

Best st Practices f s for Usi sing T Tables

• Caption the table
• Use a column or row header
• Don’t merge cells
• Don’t leave cells blank (even if you input “null” or “0”)

Don’t Display H Hyper erlinks, Embed ed T Them em

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Kroger, http://kroger.com, for donating snacks. We’d like to thank our sponsor, Kroger, for donating snacks. “Link: Kroger”

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Thank You

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If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:

Lauren Douglass, East Lansing Public Library, ldougla@cityofeastlansing.com Sonya Schryer Norris, Library of Michigan NorrisS2@michigan.gov