From EIT Library Accessibility Guidelines (LAG)
Library Services:
- Establish policies and procedures for making library materials accessible in a variety of formats (e.g., requests for accommodation, alternative format, OCR scans
- Provide instructions, documentation, and handouts available in an accessible digital format upon request
- Provide access, resource, and service information on a library accessibility webpage. Examples:
- Designate a liaison or contact within the library to provide EIT-related support
- Provide training to library staff on available assistive technology and EIT best practices. The following sites provide free or low-cost training:
- Provide assistive technologies and equipment in computer labs, particularly in specialized spaces such as makerspaces.
- Many assistive technologies are available at no or low-cost
- Consider loaning software or hardware to users
Digitizing Content:
- Ensure documents and forms digitized or hosted by the library are accessible, or can be made accessible upon request.
- Examples: brochures, handouts, pathfinders, online course reserves, etc.
- Refer to Digital Content guide for help, also this site Creating Accessible Documents by University of Washington
- Perform high quality source document scans
- When scans for instructional and research materials are requested (e.g., course reserves, ILL), conduct basic OCR scans (text-renderable). Purchasing a new digital document, physical book, or processing by an external vendor may be required to achieve basic accessibility.
- Identify and purchase materials that are captioned, or allow and promote the use of interlibrary loan to request captioned titles if your library owns the (uncaptioned) item
- Include transcripts for any media recordings