Digital Accessibility Statement for suffolklibraries.co.uk
Suffolk Libraries is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.
Measures to support accessibility
Suffolk Libraries takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of suffolklibraries.co.uk:
- Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
- Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
- Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
- Employ an internal voluntary group of staff to uphold accessibility policies
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. suffolklibraries.co.uk is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.
Additional accessibility considerations
suffolklibraries.co.uk features a drop-down translation function with over 100 languages to ensure that visitors who do not speak English as their first language are able to view and interact with the digital content presented on the website.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of suffolklibraries.co.uk. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on suffolklibraries.co.uk:
- Phone: 01473 351249
- E-mail: help@suffolklibraries.co.uk
- Postal address: Ipswich County Library, Ipswich, IP1 3DE
We try to respond to feedback within two business days.
Technical specifications
Accessibility of suffolklibraries.co.uk relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
- HTML
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.
Limitations and alternatives
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of suffolklibraries.co.uk, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.
Known limitations for suffolklibraries.co.uk:
1. Some images do not contain appropriate alt text for screen readers: Some images have no appropriate alt text, mainly because old content has been imported on several occasions over a period of several years. All web editors have been trained in applying meaningful alt text to images and have been asked to update CMS images where they find missing text. Please report any images which do not alt text to help@suffolklibraries.co.uk.
Assessment approach
Suffolk Libraries assessed the accessibility of suffolklibraries.co.uk by the following approaches:
- Self-evaluation using a WCAG compliance automated checker
Formal complaints
All complaints will be dealt with as per the complaints policy
This statement was created on 27 June 2024 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.
