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Website Accessibility - General Resources

WebAIM
Start here! This site helps organizations make their web content accessible to people with disabilities. It includes an introduction to web accessibility, training, and site checkers. One good article to begin with is on "Constructing a POUR Website: Putting People at the Center of the Process."
Section508.gov
This site explains the U.S. laws and regulations for web site accessibility.
Web Accessibility Initiative from W3C
This site provides extensive information on getting started, designing sites for inclusion, accessibility guidelines, planning, and evaluating accessibility.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
This page explains WCAG 2.0 and 2.1, international standards for developing accessible web sites.
Web and App Accessibility (ebook)
This free ebook from UsableNet helps you achieve and maintain accessibility and usability on your web site.

To help evaluate the accessibility of a web site, type its URL into the WAVE (web accessibility evaluation) tool. See the WAVE help page for information about how it works.

More web accessibility evaluation tools are listed through the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. Start with their "Easy Checks" list for a preliminary review of a site's accessibility.

These libraries have posted their guidelines for web site accessibility online:

Syracuse University Libraries Web Accessibility in Libguides [PDF]
Though geared toward LibGuides software, these guidelines are suitable for all libraries.
Yale University Library Web Accessibility Guidelines
Yale's User Experience group created guidelines to help library web page creators understand the major components of web accessibility.
UConn's Intro to Creating Accessible Digital Content
With guidelines and advice for documents, websites, media, and multimedia, from the IT Accessibility office.