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Allen Memorial Library Statement on Accessibility

Allen Memorial Library is committed to providing equal access to information and services for all students, faculty, and staff members. We strive to provide an equitable experience for all individuals regardless of ability by following accessibility standards, responding to user feedback, and providing support and accommodations.

Software Applications Accessibility Documentation

In this section, you will find information on accessibility for the various software and applications used by the library to create, organize, and maintain our collections.

Alma (Exlibris ILS )

All library staff, including persons with physical impairments, need to manage all their resources and unique materials. ProQuest is committed to providing all our users with a fully accessible experience for supporting research, teaching and learning.

At ProQuest, we make every effort to ensure that our platforms – including Alma – can be used by everyone. Alma is continually designed and developed to meet Level A and AA of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act for features and functions.

Alma Accessibility Statement: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/080Alma_Accessibility

Primo (Exlibris, public library website)

All researchers, regardless of ability, need access to scholarly information. ProQuest is committed to providing all our users with a fully accessible experience for research, teaching and learning. 

At ProQuest, we make every effort to ensure that our platforms – including Primo – can be used by everyone. Primo is continually designed and developed to meet Level AA of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act for features and functions.

Primo Accessibility Statement: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Materials/Primo_Accessibility

LibApps (research guides, website, calendar/scheduler by Springshare )

See VPATs below and more information is available at https://lounge.springshare.com/categories/vpats (requires login).

Databases by Vendor

In this section, you will find information on accessibility for the electronic resources purchased by the library.  This includes databases containing journal and magazine articles, e-book vendors, digital newspapers, and streaming audio and video resources.  Resources are organized by vendor, with the individual databases or electronic resources they provide listed for each.

Vendor

Databases

 Key Features

EBSCO

Academic Search Premier

Alt HealthWatch

Business Source Premier

Children’s Core Collection

Consumer Health Complete

EBSCO eBooks

Education Source

ERIC

Explora Educator’s Edition

Flipster online magazines

GreenFILE

HealthSource: Consumer

HealthSource: Nursing/ Academic

Library Lit&Info Sci FullText

LISTA

MasterFILE Premier

MegaFILE

NoveLIST

Points of View Reference Center

Professional Development Collection

Regional Business News

Science Reference Center

Sears List of Subject Headings

Senior High Core Collection

Teacher Reference Center

Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide

  • Text-to-speech functionality on all HTML full-text articles
  • Transcripts are provided for audiobooks and video
  • Alt text is provided for meaningful images
  • Access Keys for keyboard-only navigation. 
  • A guide to keyboard navigation can be found at
  • https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/Accessibility-Navigation-Guide?language=en_US.
  • Headings and ARIA landmarks are used to facilitate screen reader navigation.

EBSCO completes annual accessibility audits conducted by a qualified third-party, completes usability studies with visually and physically impaired users, and maintains a series of accessibility guides for their products.  The Accessibility Policy can be found at https://www.ebsco.com/technology/accessibility

Vendor

Databases

 Key Features

Gale

Academic OneFile

Biography/Genealogy Master Index

Gale in Context: College

Gale in Context: Elementary

Gale in Context: High School

Gale in Context: Middle School

Gale OneFile: News

Gale OneFile: Science

Gale Power Search

Gale Virtual Reference Library

High School Edition 

Informe Academico

Literary Index

National Geographic Kids

 

  • Text-to-speech functionality on HTML full-text articles

  • Options to display on-screen or download OCR for historical archive documents

  • Descriptive page titles

  • Skip-navigation links

  • Most Gale-hosted videos have closed-captioning; products provided by third-parties may or may not have closed-captioning or transcripts

  • Products can be navigated using keyboard commands

  • All pdf scans have an accessible HTML version

  • Products use ARIA labels, but not all elements are fully compliant

"Gale is committed to making its products accessible to users of all abilities and strives to make products universally accessible and user-friendly in conformance with Section 508 standards of the Rehabilitation Act and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)."

Gale also maintains a directory of VPAT reports for individual databases/database suites to document compliance.  Gale's Accessibility Policy can be found at https://support.gale.com/doc/accessibility_policy. 

Vendor

Databases

Key Features/Accessibility Documentation

OCLC

ArchiveGrid

Medline

WorldCat

WorldCat Dissertations & Theses

OCLC ArchiveGrid, WorldCat, WorldCat Dissertations & Theses, and Medline are all indexes of materials held by a variety of institutions, so the accessibility of the materials themselves cannot be ensured.  However, all OCLC products, including the indexes listed above, comply with both national (Section 508) and international (WCAG 2.0) guidelines, and periodically conducts product evaluations with impaired users to gather accessibility feedback.  VPATs for each OCLC product are available by request.

https://policies.oclc.org/en/accessibility.html

Cornell

Birds of North America/Birds of the World

See the Accessibility Audit below and Cornell's Web Accessibility Assistance page is available at https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/web-accessibility-assistance/.

Britannica

Britannica Academic

To fulfill the objectives of our accessibility commitment, we have adopted as our primary guidelines the Section 508 website accessibility standards set forth by the U.S. General Services Administration and also the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We continuously test Britannica sites for compliance with the accessibility standards set forth above and try our very best to remain compliant.

The accessibility of Britannica sites, however, depends on third-party technologies provided by the operating systems, hardware platforms, and assistive technologies, all of which can affect the level of accessibility of Britannica sites. We will continue to enhance the accessibility of our online products as greater functionality becomes available to ensure ongoing usefulness to all users, including those with different abilities. We also are committed to addressing issues that prevent the use of our software by people with different abilities.

 

Digital accessibility tools can be found at https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/help

CLCD

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

See VPAT Document below.

Credo

Credo Reference

Credo Women & Gender Studies

It is a priority for Credo that our system is accessible to all types of users, and we have designed Credo Online Reference Service to be used by people with disabilities. Credo Online Reference Service has hyperlinks specifically placed to enable users with screen readers to skip common navigation elements of our pages and jump to a page's main content. 

Accessibility Statements and applicable VPATs can be found at https://credoreference.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037919454-Accessibility

ProQuest

EBook Central

ProQuest News & Newspapers

Psychology Database

Ancestry Library

“ProQuest strives to ensure our products meet international accessibility standards including the American with Disabilities Act, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We also work hard to develop products which support and utilize the ever-evolving accessibility technologies available to our customers.”

Full accessibility statements, VPAT documents, and conformance reports for all ProQuest products can be found at https://support.proquest.com/articledetail? id=kA140000000GuogCAC

JSTOR

JSTOR

JSTOR Global Plants

The website is accessible to users with disabilities, including keyboard-only users and those with visual and cognitive impairments. The website is responsive, meaning users can easily adjust font size and color/contrast settings on most devices. We have made every effort to ensure that our image-based PDF files are accessible and can be read with screen readers like JAWS. These files are tagged at a high level using an automated process. While this method is not exact, it dramatically increases the accessibility of the files as compared to an untagged version. We regularly use automated checks and conduct tests with users against Section 508 and WCAG standards to evaluate and measure the accessibility of the site.

JSTOR accessibility policies can be found at https://about.jstor.org/accessibility/

OverDrive

OverDrive

OverDrive’s vision is to create “a world enlightened by reading” for everyone. This means providing a delightful, inclusive experience for all users.

We design our apps and websites to support screen readers, keyboard navigation, voice control, and other assistive technologies. We aim to ensure that every interactive element is expressively labeled, described, logically arranged, and has a large enough tap (or click) target area.

Our products are built on web technologies, and we leverage the accessibility features of HTML, CSS, and WAI-ARIA. These web standards continue to evolve, and our products will evolve as they do.

 

OverDrive’s accessibility statement and conformance documents can be found at https://company.cdn.overdrive.com/policies/accessibility.htm

Oxford University Press

Grove Music Online

Oxford University Press’ Accessibility statements can be found at https://global.oup.com/academic/accessibility/?cc=us&lang=en& and accessibility resources at https://global.oup.com/academic/rights /permissions/accessibility/?cc=us&lang=en&.

Taylor & Francis

Fisheries & Aquatics Journal Package

At Taylor & Francis, we are committed to ensuring all our products and websites are accessible to as wide an audience as possible. We strive to continually improve the accessibility of our eBook, journal, digital platform, and website offerings.

Full statements and VPAT documents can be found at https://taylorandfrancis.com/about/corporate-responsibility/accessibility-at-taylor-francis/

Wiley

Wiley Online Library

Wiley’s Accessibility policies can be found at https://www.wiley.com/en-us/accessibility

Infobase

Archival Films & Newsreels

Films on Demand

Accessibility statements, VPAT, and WCAG Conformance data can be found at https://infobase-fod.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011563914-Accessibility-Statement-for-Films-On-Demand

Kanopy

Kanopy Streaming

Kanopy’s vision is to entertain, educate, and inspire by providing access to films that matter. We aim to provide a delightful, inclusive experience for all users.

We design our apps and website to support screen readers, keyboard navigation, voice control, and other assistive technologies. We work to expressively label, describe, logically arrange, and provide a large enough tap (or click) area for interactive elements.

 

Kanopy’s Accessibility Statement can be found at https://www.kanopy.com/accessibility.

ACLS

Humanities EBook

Supports keyboard navigation

Closed-captioning and transcripts of video available

Image alt-text is supported

Video player supports sign language translation in a separate video player synchronized with the main player

Ebooks can be converted from scan to plain text for screen reader compatibility.

In addition to the ACLS HEB VPAT®, ACLS HEB has made available an Accessibility Conformance and Remediation Roadmap which describes timelines, development plans, and workarounds for issues identified in the VPAT.

 

More information is available at https://www.fulcrum.org/accessibility/#content