Accessibility – beyond the 4 walls
The session was presented at Learn with LiRN 2025. It is a practical overview of tips and strategies to make website content accessible. Participants will be introduced to key elements of accessible documents and webpages, the tools which will help them make content more accessible, and how to test content to ensure that content is compliant.
- What is accessibility? (Who are you serving?)
- Key tips for document and web accessibility
- Structure
- Fonts
- Colour
- Hyperlinking
- Graphics
- Testing
- Practical exercise – we will work together to make a short Word document and a sample LibGuide accessible
Wendy Reynolds has worked in a variety of information-related roles, mostly in government. She began her career as a cataloguer at Statistics Canada, writing CIP records for StatCan reports (for which she apologizes). Moving on to the Federal Court, she realized that she really enjoyed reference work, and thrived in law libraries. Seeking to remain in the law library sphere, she moved to Toronto in 2000, and worked for Donahue Ernst and Young. Returning to government after the dissolution of the MDP experiment, the Ontario Securities Commission was her next professional home, followed in time by the Ontario Workplace Tribunals Library, and in 2009, she joined the library staff at the Ontario Legislative Library. In 2014, she was presented with the challenge of helping the Assembly meet its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). In time, this program grew to include the records management program, and became her permanent responsibility until her retirement in 2022.
- Key elements of accessible documents and webpages
- Tools to help make content more accessible
Presentation: Accessibility Documents & Webpages
Recording Link: Accessibility Documents & Webpages