With more and more universities facing Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaints due to inaccessible websites, libraries must be conscientious of their policies and workflows to address 508 compliance in online services. Institutional repositories and digital libraries are frequently overlooked when assessing 508 compliance. The task of offering a compliant repository is especially daunting as repositories grow to thousands or hundreds of thousands of files. Content creators are often not educated about 508 compliance or required to participate in the process.
This workshop will discuss challenges for making institutional repositories and digital libraries 508 compliant; the complex nature of 508 compliance work; developing policies and due diligence in your institution; and educating content creators about their role in tagging documents.
Suzanna Conrad
Associate Dean for Digital Technologies & Resource Management
