2017
DOI: 10.1108/el-10-2016-0209
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Haze in the digital library: design issues hampering accessibility for blind users

Abstract: Purpose-The purpose of this study is to explore design issues hampering the accessibility of digital libraries (DLs) for first-time blind users. Design/methodology/approach-A combination of questionnaire, pre-interview, think-aloud and postinterview methods was used to collect data on non-visual interaction experiences with American Memory Digital Collection (AMDC) from 15 blind participants. Qualitative analysis via open coding revealed recurring themes on design problems and consequent difficulties for blind… Show more

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“…Lee et al (2013) and Beyene (2017, 2018) consider how catalogers could use accessibility-specific metadata to aid users in discovering and identifying accessible resources. Babu and Xie (2017) and Xie et al . (2015) provide concrete ideas about how to enhance metadata for digitized and born-digital objects to enhance their accessibility.…”
Section: Achieving Accessibilitymentioning
confidence: 94%
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“…Lee et al (2013) and Beyene (2017, 2018) consider how catalogers could use accessibility-specific metadata to aid users in discovering and identifying accessible resources. Babu and Xie (2017) and Xie et al . (2015) provide concrete ideas about how to enhance metadata for digitized and born-digital objects to enhance their accessibility.…”
Section: Achieving Accessibilitymentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Of those who did conduct accessibility/usability testing with individuals with disabilities, most worked with users with low or no vision (Dermody and Majekodunmi, 2011;Conway et al, 2012;Hunsucker, 2013;Ekwelem, 2013;Babu and Xie, 2017;Lazar and Briggs, 2015;Yoon et al, 2016aYoon et al, , 2016bSorrell et al, 2017). Only Pionke (2017b) went to significant lengths to include perspectives beyond print impairment including individuals with autism, motor impairment, and post-traumatic stress disorder in his research.…”
Section: Evaluating Accessibilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thus, as the frequency of use of web in education increases and as 40 017 disabled students attending university education in Turkey only in the 2016-2017 academic year (Yükseköğretim Bilgi Yönetim Sistemi, 2017), websites that are not accessible get confused as a problem. Recent researches showed that there are accessibility problems in websites of universities (Ahmi ve Mohamad, 2016;Ismail ve Kuppusamy, 2016;Kesswani ve Kumar, 2016;Masood Rana et al, 2011;Moniz Pereira et al, 2011;Schmetzke, 2001;Solovieva ve Bock, 2014), of academic libraries (Comeaux et al, 2013;Tatomir ve Durrance, 2010), of public libraries (Yi, 2015), and digital e-books (Babu Xie, 2017).…”
Section: Extended Abstractmentioning
confidence: 99%