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

[Brendan Gallagher]

Thanks Ian -

Thanks useful.

-Brendan


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Ian Walls <koha.sekjal at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>>
>>
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