Hi everyone,
We've run into a situation causing a rift between our library and a university department in regards to purchasing an e-resource because of accessibility regulation.
After talking to the resource provider, they do not have an accessibility statement or roadmap, and have no plans to implement anything like this.
After testing a small sample of pages, we've seen quite a few spots where they do not measure up to the WCAG 2.1 (such as keyboard traps and readers not accessible to screen readers).
The department are claiming that there are not other alternatives to it and that it is core to their teaching.
With this, we wanted to explore what our options were and to see what other members have done in situations like this.
We also wanted some feedback whether people felt this fit into Disproportionate Burden as that had been discussed before for resources like this.
Best wishes,
Adam Cowlin
Digital Systems and Services Coordinator
Library Services
University of Essex
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