Web-Accessibility, E-learning, and Academic Libraries

• Awareness of accessibility issues alone is the first step for potentially providing accessible resources to all online users, disabled or not. In addition to providing an overview of what encompasses the definition of disability in North America, common web barriers associated with accessibility, and the tools available for evaluating the accessibility of web resources, this review focuses on the available research studies applicable to the accessibility of specific remote-accessed, web-based products provided by academic institutions that that are directly, and indirectly, used for e-learning. Literature discussing how (academic) libraries and organizations can help in the provision of accessible web resources is also presented.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Accessibility

academic libraries

e-learning

distance learning

learning management systems

OPAC

persons with disabilities

web resources

web validators

Informatics, computer and systems science

Informatik, data- och systemvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)