1. Open Access Kent State
  2. Raising the bar on electronic theses & dissertations: One large state university's approach to incorporating digital accessibility benchmarks into practice
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Abstract

This session presents a strategy for implementing a state-wide consortial requirement for accessible ETDs. As of January 2023, all participants in the OhioLINK ETD Center will be required to upload documents that meet a minimum accessibility standard. One important objective is to provide graduate students with a point-of-need service in a variety of formats that fit their learning style preferences. A set of training materials and other resources to meet the needs of graduate students will be developed. Additionally, accessibility remediation will be performed on all legacy TDs that are requested and digitized via the university’s Interlibrary Loan service, and subsequently added into the OhioLINK ETD Center.

Presented at the 2022 Best Practices Exchange (BPE) in Nashville, TN.
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Presentation
Publication Date
2022-09-28
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https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
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University Libraries
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Dressler, V. (2022). Raising the bar on electronic theses & dissertations: One large state university’s approach to incorporating digital accessibility benchmarks into practice (1–). https://oaks.kent.edu/node/17558
Dressler, Virginia. 2022. “Raising the Bar on Electronic Theses & Dissertations: One Large State university’s Approach to Incorporating Digital Accessibility Benchmarks into Practice”. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/17558.
Dressler, Virginia. Raising the Bar on Electronic Theses & Dissertations: One Large State university’s Approach to Incorporating Digital Accessibility Benchmarks into Practice. 28 Sept. 2022, https://oaks.kent.edu/node/17558.