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Accessibility Statement

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.


All pages on this site define the following access keys:

  • Access key h - Home page
  • Access key s – Skip navigation
  • Access key 1 – Librarianship section
  • Access key 2 – Technology section
  • Access key 3 – Sciences section
  • Access key 4 – Arts section
  • Access key 5 – Potpourri section
  • Access key 6 – Search
  • Access key 7 - About
  • Access key 8 - Contact
  • Access key 9 – Privacy policy
  • Access key 0 - Accessibility statement

Standards compliance

  • Pages on this site will attempt to comply with Bobby guidelines, but all pages have not yet been tested. This is always a judgment call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. amy will review the guidelines and strive for compliance.
  • Pages on this site will seek WCAG AAA approval, complying with priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, this is a judgment call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. amy will review the guidelines and strive for compliance.
  • Most pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict. This is not a judgment call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML.
  • Pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles, etc.

Navigation aids

  • All pages have rel=home, map to aid navigation in text-only browsers. Netscape 6 and Mozilla users can also take advantage of this feature by selecting the View menu, Show/Hide, Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show Always).
  • Pages include a search box (access key 6).

Links

  • Links are written to make sense out of context.

Images

  • All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual design

  • This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
  • This site uses relative font sizes wherever possible, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
  • Font sizes may be increased by  two sizes on most pages.


Thank you to dive into mark for providing an accessibilty template that he is willing to share with the world.