Enhancing Accessibility in STEM: A Survey of Accessibility Errors in STEM Academic Databases
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| author | James Van Loon Shawn McCann |
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| contents | Enhancing Accessibility in STEM: A Survey of Accessibility Errors in STEM Academic Databases James Van Loon Shawn McCann Academic Libraries STEM Education Accessibility (for Disabled) Bibliographic Databases Online Vendors Error Patterns Students with Disabilities Electronic Libraries Equal Education Assistive Technology User Needs (Information) Database Design Documentation Evaluation Methods Compliance (Legal) Guidelines Library Role Access to Information Academic libraries must provide accessible electronic and information technology to patrons using assistive technology to access library materials. Accessibility of scholarly material is particularly important in the STEM disciplines, where attrition rates of students with disabilities is higher than in other fields. In this study, the accessibility of STEM indexing databases was evaluated using the WAVE accessibility tool, and the frequency of errors, alerts, and features encountered during the completion of typical searching tasks for each database was noted. The use of accessibility-checking tools like WAVE can supplement other methods used to verify the accessibility of vendor-created library databases. |
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| spellingShingle | Enhancing Accessibility in STEM: A Survey of Accessibility Errors in STEM Academic Databases James Van Loon Shawn McCann Academic Libraries STEM Education Accessibility (for Disabled) Bibliographic Databases Online Vendors Error Patterns Students with Disabilities Electronic Libraries Equal Education Assistive Technology User Needs (Information) Database Design Documentation Evaluation Methods Compliance (Legal) Guidelines Library Role Access to Information Enhancing Accessibility in STEM: A Survey of Accessibility Errors in STEM Academic Databases James Van Loon Shawn McCann Academic Libraries STEM Education Accessibility (for Disabled) Bibliographic Databases Online Vendors Error Patterns Students with Disabilities Electronic Libraries Equal Education Assistive Technology User Needs (Information) Database Design Documentation Evaluation Methods Compliance (Legal) Guidelines Library Role Access to Information Academic libraries must provide accessible electronic and information technology to patrons using assistive technology to access library materials. Accessibility of scholarly material is particularly important in the STEM disciplines, where attrition rates of students with disabilities is higher than in other fields. In this study, the accessibility of STEM indexing databases was evaluated using the WAVE accessibility tool, and the frequency of errors, alerts, and features encountered during the completion of typical searching tasks for each database was noted. The use of accessibility-checking tools like WAVE can supplement other methods used to verify the accessibility of vendor-created library databases. |
| title | Enhancing Accessibility in STEM: A Survey of Accessibility Errors in STEM Academic Databases |
| topic | Academic Libraries STEM Education Accessibility (for Disabled) Bibliographic Databases Online Vendors Error Patterns Students with Disabilities Electronic Libraries Equal Education Assistive Technology User Needs (Information) Database Design Documentation Evaluation Methods Compliance (Legal) Guidelines Library Role Access to Information |
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