From: Paoshan Yue <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:53:25 +0000
Hi Linda & Laura,
This is great info! Thanks so much for sharing. Do you partner with
some accessibility resource office on campus or do you do all of these
on your own in the library?
I also posted the same question on the ERIL listserv. One suggestion
posted there was to ask vendors to post their VPATs on their website
so that they can be easily shared and linked to from a central
repository. The thought behind this suggestion is that ideally we
(libraries) should not be duplicating our efforts to evaluate standard
products (versus unique websites).
Do you mind posting your below message to the ERIL listsev? I think
it will be very useful to others on that list. If you are not members
of that list, I can post it on your behalf if you are willing.
Thanks,
Paoshan
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From: Linda Wobbe <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:24:24 -0700
I'm sharing this information, from Laura DeLancey, at Western Kentucky
State (who is not a member of this list):
*****
Starting last year, we began requesting VPATs (Voluntary Product
Accessibility Templates) from our vendors. We started by asking for
this documentation when we purchased new resources, and have also been
working through our existing vendors. We have not made it a condition
for purchase because some vendors have taken a very, very , very long
time to get this documentation together. Of course, now that they’ve
provided it once they should have it on hand! (we chose the VPAT
because it is a standard document the follows section 508 guidelines,
and is much more detailed than the usual “we strive to be compliant”
statement you find on most websites).
This year I’m continuing to seek new VPATs, but also am following up
with some vendors to get more detail on theirs, or to discuss
discrepancies between the information provided on the VPAT and the
results of an in house accessibility audit we did.
I have received VPATs from:
American Chemical Society
Annual Reviews
BePress
Cambridge University Press
Chronicle of Higher Education
EBSCO
Gale
IEEE
IngentaConnect
JSTOR
LexisNexis
MyiLibrary
Ovid
Ex Libris
Project Muse
ProQuest
Sage
Springer
Elsevier (Science Direct)
Taylor and Francis
Web of Science
Wiley
Does this help?
-Laura
Laura DeLancey
Assistant Professor
Electronic & Continuing Resources Coordinator Western Kentucky
University [log in to unmask]
*****
Linda Wobbe
Head, Collection Management
Sciences Subject Selector
Saint Mary's College of CA
Library
Moraga, CA 94575
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:15 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Paoshan Yue <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:52:10 +0000
>
> Greetings, all!
>
> We are working on gathering information about the (ADA) accessibility
> of our licensed resources (databases, vendor-specific platforms) at
> the request of our Library Dean. The purpose of doing this is so we
> will know which of our licensed resources are accessible and in what
> ways.
>
> Have you done something similar at your library? If you have, I would
> greatly appreciate it if you don’t mind sharing your experience with
> us.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paoshan
>
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>
> Paoshan Yue
> Head of Electronic Resources & Acquisition Services Mathewson-IGT
> Knowledge Center University of Nevada, Reno [log in to unmask] --
> 775.682.5599
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