Jing Shuai,Wang Yingchun,Liu Yanquan
图书与情报. 2016, 36(01): 95-103.
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This study evaluates the websites of the US' Ivy League Schools for accessibility by users with disabilities to determine if they are compliant with accessibility standards established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By using the web accessibility evaluator WAVE and email survey, the author found that among selected sixteen web sites in the eight universities, each site has good availability and operability, and all the libraries' websites offer services to people with disabilities and links to disability services, especially offer screen readers and other assistive technologies to enhance the access of people with visual impairment. However, errors are present at all the websites. The most com mon problems are the lack of missing document language (44%), redundant link (69%), suspicious link (50%), and skip navigation 44%).