Case study exercise for 2009 LITA National Forum preconference session, "Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World"

1. Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World Case Study Exercise Nina McHale LITA National Forum October 1-2, 2009

2. Case 1: Library Tutorial Home-grown CQ Researcher Tutorial Created with Captivate URL: http://library.auraria.edu/~ksobel/tutorials/cqresearcher/index.html

7. Case 2: Skyline Catalog Auraria Library’s catalog Vendor: Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Includes local customizations made by Web Librarian http://skyline.cudenver.edu

12. Case 3: Academic Search Premier “Advanced Search” screen Vendor: EBSCO URLs vary by institutional subscription EBSCO’s accessibility statement: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?topicID=844&marketID=1

17. Case 4: Twitter Twitter home page URL: twitter.com Of note: www.accessibletwitter.com (in alpha)

22. Case Study 5: University of Michigan Libraries Home Page URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/ Newly launched Drupal site

27. Case 6: LibGuides Auraria Library subject guide home page Uses LibGuides CMS Vendor: SpringShare URL: guides.auraria.edu/subject/

32. Case 7: Academic OneFile “Power Search” screen Vendor: Gale Cengage URL varies by institutional subscription Gale Cengage’s accessibility statement

37. Case 8: Facebook facebook.com Facebook’s accessibility statement

42. Case 9: Library of Congress LOC home page www.loc.gov

47. Case 10: Library Blog AurariaLibrary FYI news blog Google’s Blogger platform URL: aurarialibraryfyi.blogspot.com

52. Case 11: World Cat Local WorldCat at Auraria Vendor: OCLC aurarialibrary.worldcat.org

57. Case 12: Delicious Delicious home page delicious.com Discussion thread