Journal of Knowledge & Management Communication
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Accessibility Analysis of Library Websites of Select Central Universities of India: An Exploratory Study

1Research Scholar (JRF), Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

*E-mail id: azraftab@gmail.com,

**naushadali.amu@gmail.com

Abstract

The present study tries to throw some light on what web accessibility means and why it is relevant now more than ever. This study also discusses ways by which the accessibility of websites can be increased. In addition, in this article, we have tried to analyse the accessibility of three libraries of central universities of India with the help of accessibility evaluation tools, namely AChecker and WAVE.

Keywords

Accessibility, Accessibility evaluation, WCAG 2.0, AChecker, WAVE; Indian Universities; Web Accessibility