Library Website redesign and Accessibility

[Steven C. Perkins]

Hello:

I will be doing a presentation and panel on Accessibility Standards (sec. 
508) and Law Library Websites at the Center for Computer Assisted Legal 
Instruction Annual Conference in June.  This is a followup to a session on 
accessibility standards and law school websites I did in 2003.  I am 
interested in hearing from any library that has considered the requirements 
of sec 508 when redesigning their website.  I am particularly interested in 
situations where you decided not to implement sec 508 or where you found it 
very difficult to do so.  I'd also appreciate references to library 
websites that pass the W3 html/xhtml validation suite at 
http://validator.w3.org/  My primary focus is on the library homepage.

Information on the sec 508 requirements are found at 
http://www.section508.gov/  Several states have made these requirements or 
modified versions of them applicable to educational institutions, see, 
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=82 and 
http://www.tecaccess.net/content/legislation/accessstates.shtml

Thanks,

Steven C. Perkins JD, MLL
SPerkins at uh.edu
Coordinator of Reference Services
MD Anderson Library
University of Houston