[Koha-devel] Fwd: Canadian Library Association Information Request

[Ian Walls]

You can check Koha against WCAG 2.0 AA using open source AChecker (
http://AChecker.ca). Last time I ran it, our default template did very
well. It helps that we're web-based, and our philosophy of not being too
Javascript dependent pays off here.

You can also download the Fangs and WebAIM Firefox extensions to check for
accessibility issues, and see the interface more like a user with assistive
technologies.

Cheers,

Ian
On Apr 29, 2013 6:42 PM, "Brendan Gallagher" <info at bywatersolutions.com>
wrote:

> Hi Paul -
>
> We also received this (ByWater) - I was traveling list week so I didn't
> have time to respond.  I did get an email back today after replying with
> the documentation that Robin talks about in here.  I have not had time to
> read it yet (other projects first).  Once I read it and respond - I will
> also respond here.  (May take me a few days to get to it)
>
> Cheers,
> Brendan
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Koha-devel,
>>
>> We recieved through our website the following message. As I suspect
>> BibLibre was not the only one to get it, did someone answer ? (and what
>> kind of answer) ?
>>
>>
>> -------- Message original --------
>> Sujet: [site biblibre] Canadian Library Association Information Request
>> Date : Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:29:57 +0200
>> De : cla.accessibility.project at gmail.com
>> Pour : commercial at biblibre.com
>>
>> Robin Gallagher a envoyé un message via le formulaire de contact sur
>> http://www.biblibre.com/fr/contact.
>>
>> Dear BibLibre Representative:
>>
>> I am contacting you on behalf of the Canadian Library Association's
>> Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network.
>>
>> Canadian federal government departments have been ordered to modify their
>> websites and web applications to comply with the Web Content Accessibility
>> Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 by July 2013. Within the federal library community,
>> there has been some concern about compliance of library management
>> systems to
>> this standard.
>>
>> As a result, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) is conducting a
>> survey of
>> major vendors of library and information management systems on the
>> compliance
>> of their products to either the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
>> (version
>> 2.0) and/or Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act, as well as plans
>> they
>> may have to update their products to comply. The information collected in
>> this project will be published to the Network blog and communicated to the
>> CLA membership.
>>
>> Could you direct me to the member of your organization best suited to
>> answer
>> a few questions about how your systems meet -- or intend to meet --
>> accessibility standards?
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Robin Gallagher
>> Project Manager, CLA Accessibility & Library Management Systems Project
>> Email: cla.accessibility.project at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Report as inappropriate:
>> http://www.biblibre.com/en/mollom/report/session/1304178e5e9c410b0b
>>
>>
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