The pending WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance deadlines for public colleges, at both the federal level (now postponed) and New York state level (not postponed yet, as far as I know), have me looking at our department’s web content with a fair bit of paranoia. Today was the blog’s turn to get some attention. The… Continue reading New theme
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In praise of “Practical Web Accessibility”
This post is quite simply a big thank you to Ashley Firth, who has written a wonderful book called Practical Web Accessibility: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Inclusion, now in a second edition. This book has been one of the main driving forces behind our library’s progress toward compliance with impending accessibility requirements. Firth’s book… Continue reading In praise of “Practical Web Accessibility”
Web accessibility: a self-auditing approach
While my previous post was about how LLMs can supplement web accessibility work, they certainly do not match a thorough, human audit of web code and content. Real human eyes on the problem are often effective at diagnosing many of the most common pitfalls. Our library is working on such an audit. A small sub-committee… Continue reading Web accessibility: a self-auditing approach
Web accessibility: a supplementary approach
You may have heard about the requirement in the U.S. for most state and local governments’ web content to be WCAG 2.1 AA compliant by April 26th. This is a big lift, and our librarians have already been fretting about it for months now. But as I go about poking at Aider and o3, I… Continue reading Web accessibility: a supplementary approach
