This page includes information about DSpace compliance with WCAG accessibility guidelines.

DSpace Accessibility Statement

Texas Digital Library’s Digital Repository service includes hosting of the DSpace repository application. DSpace is an international, open-source digital repository software that “aspires to be as inclusive as possible for all users, including people with disabilities.” Its community of users and developers, which includes TDL, “are dedicated to creating an accessible and interoperable user interface” guided by Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). 

The full Accessibility Statement for the open source DSpace application is linked below.

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC8x/Accessibility

TDL Digital Repository Hosting Accessibility Conformance

An Accessibility Conformance report for TDL’s Digital Repository Hosting Service can be downloaded below.

Open

Texas Digital Library is a DSpace Accessibility Champion, having contributed multiple times to the DSpace Program to fund accessibility audits and remediation of the open source code.

Related information

• Open-source DSpace UX design guidelines