Hi
> Suddenly we have come up against local govt
> website rules insisting that everything on the site must
> have a full, easily readable transcript to comply with accessibility
> guidelines.
UK legislation states that organisation must take reasonable measures to
ensure that people with disabilities aren't discriminated against - not that
you must comply fully with WCAG guidelines in everything you do.
You should make this point to your colleagues.
Note that within the educational sector we've had similar discussions about
e-learning - the following papers arguing for a holistic approach to
e-learning accessibility are available :
Implementing A Holistic Approach To E-Learning Accessibility
Paper published in the ALT-C 2005 Conference Proceedings, Kelly, B.,
Phipps, L. and Howell, C.
<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/alt-c-2005/>
Forcing Standardization or Accommodating Diversity? A Framework for Applying
the WCAG in the Real World
Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web
Accessibility (W4A). ISBN: 1-59593-036-1. Kelly, B., Sloan, D., Phipps, L.,
Petrie, H. and Hamilton, F.
<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/w4a-2005/>
Developing A Holistic Approach For E-Learning Accessibility
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004, Vol. 30, Issue 3,
Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Swift, E.
<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/papers/cjtl-2004/>
Hope this helps
Brian
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Bazley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 January 2006 17:42
> Subject: Fwd: Images on website
>
> Dear all
>
> Can anyone on MCG or elearning group lists help with Carl's query?
>
> Martin
>
>
> >Reply-To: "Boardman, Carl - Learning & Culture - Cultural
> >Services" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sender: "Archivists, conservators and records managers."
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >From: "Boardman, Carl - Learning & Culture - Cultural
> >Services" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Images on website
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >We seem to be facing an unexpected problem in Oxfordshire. Lack of
> >resources have so far prevented us from mounting any but cosmetic
> >digital images on our website, but we are now moving towards
> digitizing
> >and mounting actual blocks of documents for research (albeit
> in a very
> >small way to start with). Suddenly we have come up against
> local govt
> >website rules insisting that everything on the site must
> have a full,
> >easily readable transcript to comply with accessibility
> guidelines. A
> >good idea for a handful of high profile documents, but
> hardly feasible
> >for an entire class of several thousand folios.
> >
> >Obviously the rules simply hadn't considered the sort of material a
> >record office might be mounting, and we'll be arguing the case (with
> >reference to, e.g., the 1901 Census site) but if anyone else
> has faced
> >this problem we'd be grateful for the chance to learn from their
> >experience, or indeed to use them as a precedent.
> >
> >Carl Boardman
> >County Archivist
> >Oxfordshire Record Office
> >Social & Community Services
> >( Tel 01865 398200)
> >
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