Hi Nasser,
Yes, I would be interested in this too - please share.
Elizabeth
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Hi Frances
This is a major problem for all organisations and there is no quick resolution to this situation until buyers learn to ask for the right products.
However, for quick fixes there are 3rd party solutions that will help the website/content become much more accessible so your institution will be able to comply. I can send you a list of options and websites if you are interested
Nasser
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Dear Alistair,
Many thanks for sharing your advice relating to library content.
At the University of Birmingham, we have started systematically asking suppliers at the point of renewal about their compliance with the requirements of the new accessibility regulations. In a few cases (mostly suppliers from outside of the UK and Europe) they have come back to say they don't consider the regulations to apply. It's clearly stated in the notes you circulated that we do have a responsibility for all purchased third party content (ie "Purchasing or licensing a third party product would likely be considered as ‘funding it’ under the terms of the regulations and therefore content such as ebooks or systems such as HR, timetabling etc would not be exempt from the ‘accessibility requirement’ "). But are you aware of any statement on the GDS web pages or any other official source of information which confirms this, to which we could point suppliers who don't want to engage?
Best wishes,
Frances
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:42:18 +0000
From: Alistair McNaught <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Accessibility statements for library content
Hi all
Apologies for cross posting
Something to be aware of that you can point suppliers towards.
The GDS guidance we’ve had regarding ebook collections<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RcyH-HEdU8ojHcNom1-vSFU6pDXP4D3wI8GojzcxqBQ/edit> is that the Public Sector Equality Duty makes your institutions responsible for the accessibility of the platforms provided to students AND the accessibility information provided about them.
Although there is no legal obligation for your suppliers to have a robust accessibility statement about their product, many of us believe it is firmly their responsibility to provide one. In fact it would be impossible for you to claim due diligence in accessible procurement without having appropriately detailed information from the supplier.
Unfortunately many suppliers are poor at providing useful details about the accessibility of their ebooks and journals. Last year’s ASPIRE project to audit the accessibility information from publishers and platform providers found the mean score for publishers was around 10% and for platform providers around 15%. This leaves YOU having to find the answers to the missing 85-90% of information.
This is where we’d encourage you to do two things:
1. In licensing negotiations, ensure you are aware of the supplier’s ASPIRE score – there is a list for publishers<https://www.textboxdigital.com/aspirelist-publishers> and a list for platform providers/aggregators<https://www.textboxdigital.com/aspirelist-platforms>,
* Ask them if they’ve improved their accessibility workflows or information since August 2018 – or if those scores are still an accurate reflection.
* If they have a poor score insist they do something about it<https://www.textboxdigital.com/aspire-home> – you’re not asking them to change entire workflows overnight, just requesting that THEY tell you about their accessibility strengths and weaknesses rather than YOU having to go and do it for them!
2. Ensure purchasing consortia or sector bodies like Jisc Collections are playing their part in ensuring high quality, meaningful and user-relevant information is provided – not technical compliance statements or VPAT statements.
If we can get more scores (and updated scores) on the ASPIRE league tables we firmly believe we can significantly increase the information available to the sector, significantly reducing the amount of work library staff have to do in creating the information themselves. As a result of the excellent crowdsourced ASPIRE work done by 99 staff from 49 HEIs last year a number of big suppliers have already improved the accessibility information available. The recent transfer of ASPIRE to a commercial service ensures sustainability and allows live updates of objectively verified scores in which library services and suppliers can trust.
Alistair
(In the interests of full disclosure I’m partnering textBox digital in running the new ASPIRE service – but the advice above would be relevant whoever was running it – unless you like writing supplier’s accessibility statements voluntarily 😊 )
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