Additional Accessibility Resources
This section includes additional resources for further reading.
General Resources
Nakata, K. (2024, November 25). How to comply with DOJ’s seemingly impossible web accessibility regulation.
Content Creation: Create Accessible Digital Products. https://www.section508.gov/create/
Repository-Specific Conference Presentations
Waugh, L., Lyon, C., Shelton, A., Park, K., Hicks, W., & Lindsey, N. (2020). Accessibility in institutional repositories. Texas State University. https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12389
Barsness, S., & Moore, E. (2025, June 18). Possibilities for Accessible Repositories: a Case Study in ADA Title II Implementation. Open Repositories 2025 (OR2025), Chicago, Illinois, USA. Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15758516
Shelley, A. (2024). Enhancing Inclusivity: Digital Accessibility and the Institutional Repository. Open Repositories 2024 (OR2024), Gothenburg, Sweden. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/
Ramirez Vega, A. (2025). Toward accessible PDF documents in Open Access Repositories. Open Repositories 2025 (OR2025), Chicago, Illinois, USA. Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15758726
Kobyliński, Ł., Skonieczny, Ł., Drozd, A., Marek, A., & Koperwas, J. (2024, June 25). Unlocking Accessibility: PDF Annotation with PDF/UA Standard and WCAG Guidelines. Open Repositories 2024 (OR2024), Gothenburg, Sweden. Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12531890
Spina, C., & Loughan, C. (2024). IR Accessibility: Where Are We At? Where Do We Need to Be? [Conference presentation]. Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference, Hattiseburg, Mississippi, USA. https://aquila.usm.edu/smirc/2024/1/9/
Anderson, T., & Leachman, C. (2020). Centering Accessibility: A Review of Institutional Repository Policy and Practice. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 8(1), eP2383. https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2383
Library-Specific Guidelines and Resources
ALA Accessibility Resources (American Library Association)
Website Accessibility and ADA Title II: What Libraries Need to Know (recorded webinar, Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
ARL webinar and handout
BTAA webinar and handout