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added section on assessing 3rd party vendors for accessibility.
[https://github.com/brunopulis/awesome-a11y Awesome-A11Y ] - pretty comprehensive list of specifications, guides, articles, and talks.
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===Assessing Third Party Vendors for Accessibility===
Before purchasing electronic resources, you should verify if they are accessible and not take the vendor's word (or VPAT).
What questions should you ask to assess the accessibility of a vendor's product?
https://depts.washington.edu/uwitats/checklist/ The University of Washington] and [https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bg9QMVI7bqyvPvL Kent State University (KSU)] (The questions on KSU's form can also viewed as a [https://www.kent.edu/sites/default/files/file/ICT%20vendor%20form%20-%20question%20preview.pdf PDF]) require prospective vendors to complete a questionnaire.
===Web Accessibility Policies===
Some public libraries (Sacramento, Chicago) are officially organized and structured as a government entity underneath, they will adapt the and adopt policies of their general city.
Others (NYPL) that are not self managed and will adopt their own web accessibility policies.
[https://www.nypl.org/policies/web-mobile-accessibility NYPL Web Accessibility Policy]
Chicago Public Library's [https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/info/accessibility/ Bibliocommons policy] and their [https://www.chipublib.org/library-policies/website-accessibility-policy/ general website accessibility policies].