Effectively Evaluating the Accessibility of Electronic Monographs Using VPATs and Other Resources at the College of Staten Island Library- CUNY

Abstract

This study, building upon previous research work at the College of Staten Island (CSI) library, attempts to evaluate the accessibility of select digital monograph platforms and file formats utilized at the City University of New York (CUNY). The usability of CSI library’s locally developed ER-ACT tool to assist librarians with limited technical knowledge to review VPATs and to perform simple testing was also evaluated with challenges and successes reported. It was determined that the use of color-coded results in this study can help identify serious accessibility issues within ebooks and to communicate the results within libraries to assist with collection development decision-making. The study also includes a review of new court rulings related to accessibility issues in higher education and discusses where accessibility staffing reports in terms of job roles and duties held by university professionals. The testing of the accessibility of library ebooks, with various accessibility tools, are reviewed within the context of Section 508 revisions and new VPAT standards.     

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新冠疫情对农民工复工的影响及应对分析

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Does a universal non-contributory social pension make sense for rural China?

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Developing ethical approaches to data and civil society: from availability to accessibility

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传统农业乡镇城镇化的实践逻辑--以山东省平阴县孝直镇为例

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理解祥林嫂意义时,现代性价值立场的确立使得封建意识形态作为具有标出意味的整体被区隔出来.这种视域将祥林嫂身处其中的三重文化空间理解为封建意识形态与现代性的二元对立,并导致祥林嫂与"我"之间对称性的叙事一直未被言及.事实上,祥林嫂意义的复杂结构正表现为发生于山里文化空间与鲁镇文化空间之间的悲剧命运,由来自外面即第三重文化空间的"我"所讲述.从这个文本现场出发,我们或许能获得祥林嫂出走的现代性启示,还原祥林嫂悲剧命运的内在意义.