Join us onThursday May 7, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 pm for Creating Accessible Online Library Experiences for All The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired libraries to interact with their communities in many new, innovative ways – especially online! This webinar will provide…
Descriptive links are weblinks disguised as descriptive text that is clicked on to go to the place described. For instance, in “Look for books in our Library Catalog” the word “catalog” is a descriptive link. Descriptive hyperlinks are especially important…
Alt text, also called “alt tags” or “alt descriptions,” is the text that is read by screen-reading tools to describe images for visually impaired readers. It also allows search engines to better crawl and rank your website, and provides the…
Does your website have links to download PDF documents? Do you make a really sweet looking event calendar and upload it to your library website as a PDF? Unless authored with accessibility in mind, PDF documents often have accessibility issues.…
Accessibility… sometimes when I talk about accessibility in libraries folks imagine ramps, wide doors and not stocking items on bottom shelves. This is all essential, but there is something that is often overlooked: your library’s website. It is like another…
Readers of large print come in all ages and abilities. Large print is appealing because the font size, combined with more white space and anti-glare paper, reduces eye strain and helps with deep reading, comprehension, and fluency. Who reads large…
