soa-2017-05-19-s2-stitz-blundell-slides

Accessibility in the archives: Are your online materials compliant? Tammy Stitz, MLIS, University of Akron Shelley Blundell, Ph.D., MLIS, Youngstown State University Why accessibility in archives matters [1 of 2] The Society of Am erican Archivists has a joint working group on accessibility in a rch ive s a n d re co rd s m a n a ge m e n t Th e ir m issio n : “To co n ta ct a n d n e two rk with p e rso n s with ph ysical im pair m en t s in th e a rch ive s a n d re co rd s m a n a ge m e n t p ro fe ssio n …, id e n tify a n d stu d y th e ch a lle n ge s fo r th e m in sa m e , a n d d e ve lo p to o ls to a ssist th e m in o ve rco m in g th e se ch a lle n ge s.” Why accessibility in archives matters [2 of 2] However, the accessibility needs of archival users go beyond ‘physical im p a irm e n ts,’ p a rticu la rly a s yo u n ge r p e o p le a re e n co u ge d to u se a rch iva l m a te ria ls to m e e t Co m m o n Co re gu id e lin e s Arch iva l u se rs (p a rticu la rly u n ive rsity a rch ive s) m a y a lso b e n o n -En glish a s a first la n gu a ge sp e a ke rs, ve ry yo u n g/ve ry o ld , d igita lly ‘illite te ,’ e tc Th e re fo re a cce ssib ility sta n d a rd s a n d u n ive rsity d e sign p rin cip le s a re critica l in d igita l a rch iva l co lle ctio n s/re co rd s m a n a ge m e n t Pulling the pieces together Stitz and Blundell assem bled the rubric so that all necessary ‘com pliance’ ite m s wo u ld b e ce n tra lize d , a id we b d e ve lo p m e n t, u p d a te s, e tc Ru b ric in clu d e s crite ria fro m WCAG 2.0, b u t a lso Se ctio n 508 (ADA o n lin e u p d a te ) re co m m e n d a tio n s a n d u n ive rsa l d e sign b e st p ctice e le m e n ts ADA h a s a d d e d re q u ire m e n ts o ve r th e ye a rs a s we b te ch d e ve lo p s a n d h a s b e e n ‘p u n ish in g’ p u b lic a cce ss in stitu tio n s (like co lle ge s) fo r n o n co m p lia n ce - b u t co m p lyin g is ch a lle n gin g wh e n a ll th e e le m e n ts re q u ire d fo r co m p lia n ce a re sca tte re d to th e fo u r co rn e rs! The accessibility rubric Available at our wiki-in -p ro gre ss, h ttp s://a d a ru b ric.p b wo rks.co m Applying the rubric - online materials Blundell and Stitz explain their experiences with institution used in research stu d y re ga rd in g ADA a n d we b in fo rm a tio n re so u rce s Blu n dell: Exp e rie n ce s a t YSU (ta rge te d p re vio u sly fo r la ck o f ADA co m p lia n ce in o n lin e m a te ria ls, n o w m a n d a te s co m p lia n ce in a ll we b m a te ria ls) - im p a ct o n te a ch in g/co u rse m a te ria ls b y u sin g ru b ric, e tc St it z: Up d a te o n u sin g ru b ric with in h e r o wn wo rk, u tility, e tc Sim ila ritie s? Diffe re n ce s? Wh a t wo rks b e st / wh a t d o e sn ’t with ru b ric Applying the rubric - PDFs The Text Alternatives, Adaptable, Distinguishable, Keyboard Accessible, Na viga b le , a n d Re a d a b le crite ria a re u se d to e va lu a te PDFs To o ls Ne e d e d : PAC 2.0, Ad o b e Acro b a t Pro (if p o ssib le ), a n d Scre e n Re a d e r (if p o ssib le ) JAWS a llo ws fre e 40 m in p e r re b o o t NVDA is fre e We b site s fo r m o re in fo rm a tio n a b o u t a cce ssib le PDFs PDF Te ch n o lo gy No te s: h ttp s://www.w3.o rg/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/p d f_n o te s.h tm l Ma tte rh o rn Pro tco l: h ttp s://www.p d fa o rg/p u b lica tion /th e -m a tte rh o rn -p ro tocol-1-02/ Ach ie vin g WCAG 2.0 with PDF/UA: h ttp ://www.a iim o rg/Glob a l/AIIM_Wid ge ts/Com m u n ity_Wid ge ts/Ach ie vin g_WCAG Our best practice tips for accessibility design [1 of 2] Front-e n d in p u t is e a sie r th a n b a ck-e n d co rre ctio n - wh e n e ve r p o ssib le , e m b e d a cce ssib ility a n d u n ive rsa l d e sign in th e cre a tio n p ro ce ss Sim p le is b e st - Fro m d e scrip tio n s a n d co n te n t, to fo n t size , typ e , a n d co lo r ch o ice , b a ckgro u n d co lo r a n d im a ge s, e tc - th e sim p le r, th e b e tte r Wh e n e ve r p o ssib le , cre a te m e ta d a ta fo r a ll d igita l o b je cts - d o n ’t re ly o n OCR o r o th e r so ftwa re to m e e t ADA re q u ire m e n ts co m p le te ly Cre a te a n ‘e rro r ch e ck’ glo ssa ry th a t is b u ilt o n o ve r tim e a n d wh ich b e co m e s a p a rt o f th e ro u tin e wh e n a d d in g d igita l o b je cts o n lin e Our best practice tips for accessibility design [2 of 2] Harness the power of the ‘archival village’ - cre a te a u se r “ADA ch e ck-u p ” gro u p wh o ca n h e lp yo u ch e ck th ro u gh ite m s in th e co lle ctio n s th e y u se Wh e n u sin g PDFs, cre a te a ‘b e st p ctice s’ scrip t fo r yo u r o rga n iza tio n p ro vid in g gu id a n ce o n h o w to u se PDF ta gs fo r lo gica l d o cu m e n t stru ctu re a n d p ro vid e th e m o st a ccu te te xt fo r th e d o cu m e n t u sin g OCR o r a tra n scrip t fo r cla rity, co n siste n cy, a n d a cce ssib ility co m p lia n ce Wh e n e ve r p o ssib le , th in k o f th e ‘m u lti-fa ce te d n e e d s’ o f th e e n d u se r o f yo u r o n lin e p re se n ce - th e a cce ssib ility ru b ric ca n h e lp yo u with th is Workshopping your online materials It’s workshop tim e! No w we o p e n it u p to th e flo o r Hyperlinks to workshop demonstration materials YouTube Videos from PDF demonstration: Scre e n re a d e r OCR a n d n o ta gs: h ttp s://yo u tu b e /HxgD4a o OVIs Scre e n re a d e r with ta gs: h ttp s://yo u tu b e /8FPd lTa 7a z8 Scre e n re a d e r OCR, Sca n n e d 200d p i: h ttp s://yo u tu b e /0Iq KCYq Kh o s Scre e n re a d e r OCR, Sca n n e d 600d p i: h ttp s://yo u tu b e /_tjT_HcXQ0s Scre e n Re a d e r 600d p i with Ta gs: h ttp s://yo u tu b e /BWa Qz5ip 8AQ Exce lle n t Bo o k fo r We b sta n d a rd s: An d e rso n , E., De Bo ld , V., Fe a th e rsto n e , D., Gu n th e r, L., Ja co b s, D., Je n se n -In m a n , L., Wa lte r, A (2010) Interact with Web standards: A holistic approach to Web design Be rke le y, CA: Ne w Rid e rs Thanks for attending our workshop! Questions? Ta m m y Stitz: tstitz@u a kro n e d u Sh e lle y Blu n d e ll: sb lu n d e ll@ysu e d u