Yes / Since the introduction of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001), academic libraries have been obliged to provide accessible texts for users who find printed works a barrier. Print-impairment can occur for a range of reasons including visual impairment, specific learning difficulties and motor difficulties, and affects 10-15% of the European population (Hilderley 2013). For many students, reasonable adjustment has involved the provision of texts in alternative formats (alt-texts) on a case-by-case basis for individual students. ...
In 2013, the University of Bradford library employed a graduate intern to conduct a pilot audit of the accessibility of online resources ... In the summer of 2014, a revised and expanded audit was undertaken by frontline library staff.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8365 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | George, Sarah, Coussement, Katherine |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Newsletter, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | © 2016 Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences (ALISS). Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Relation | https://alissnet.org.uk/aliss-quarterly/aliss-quarterly-past-issues/ |
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