Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
6-2015
Volume
27
Issue
2
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
This article discusses the accessibility of two content management systems, Berkeley Electronic Press’ Digital Commons and OCLC’s CONTENTdm, widely used in libraries to host institutional repository and digital collections content. Based on observations by a visually-impaired student who used the JAWS screen reader to view the design and display of digital objects in both systems, we provide a general overview of the accessibility of each system. We discuss potential suggestions for accessibility-related improvements, and we offer ideas for library administrators of these systems about how to maximize the back-end configurations for accessibility.
Keywords
accessibility, screen reader users, digital collections, Digital Commons, CONTENTdm, WCAG 2.0
DOI
10.1080/1941126X.2015.1029395
Recommended Citation
Wendy Walker & Teressa Keenan (2015) Do You Hear What I See? Assessing Accessibility of Digital Commons and CONTENTdm, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 27:2, 69-87
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Jounal of Electronic Resources Librarianship on June 1, 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1941126X.2015.1029395