[WEB4LIB] RE: Fwd: article on IT accessibility in libraries

[Thomas Dowling]

At 04:48 PM 10/11/2002, Drew, Bill wrote:
>If the people at EASI and at Information Technology and Disabilities told us
>how to do it in an article, they wouldn't be able to charge us for the
>online courses and conferences run by EASI.


On the other hand, Section 508 isn't exactly rocket science.  Knowing that 
it's there is mostly what you need to implement it.  Its part 1194.22 has 
only 16 requirements for web sites, none of them exactly earth-shattering; 
if you already provide alt text, avoid server-side imagemaps, avoid frames 
(or at least title them), and avoid blinking text, you're already mostly there.

There's no proscription on tables for layout, dependence on Javascript (as 
long as the script output is readable), or use of presentational or invalid 
markup.  The hardest part for most sites is deciding how to do the "Skip 
Navigation" option.

<http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm#PART%201194>


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu