Yes / This paper describes a project undertaken by the
University of Bradford library to assess systematically
the accessibility of our electronic resources,
and gives recommendations for others wishing to
do the same with their collections.
Since the 2001 Special Educational Needs and
Disability Act (SENDA), academic libraries in the
UK have had a legal duty to provide all students
with information in a form accessible to them, an
obligation strengthened by the 2010 Equality Act
(c. 15) to include all kinds of impairments, not just
visual.
The change in information sources from print to
electronic has raised further challenges to providing
access to information for all library users.
Electronic resources have the potential to address
many of the accessibility needs of our readers, but
concerns have been growing in the higher education
sector that the way in which e-resources are
delivered can make them less accessible.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7112 |
| Date | 02 February 2015 |
| Creators | George, Sarah, Clement, Ellie, Hudson, Grace |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | © 2014, The Authors. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's Open Access self-archiving policy. |
| Relation | http://www.sconul.ac.uk/page/focus-62 |
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