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 > > -------------------- > > Paoshan Yue > Head of Electronic Resources & Acquisition Services > Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center > University of Nevada, Reno > [log in to unmask] -- 775.682.5599