Dear all
Can anyone on MCG or elearning group lists help with Carl's query?
Martin
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>From: "Boardman, Carl - Learning & Culture - Cultural
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>Subject: Images on website
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>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.
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>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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