Accessibility trends among academic library and library school web sites in the USA and Canada

Journal of Access Services

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 137-152

  Schmetzke, Axel ^a   Comeaux, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b EServices Productions   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Canada; Disabilities; Libraries; Schools of library and information science; Section 508; United States; Web design

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449225596     PISSN: 15367967     EISSN: 15367975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15367960802286286     Document Type: Article

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