====== Accessibility ======

===== General Accessibility Statement =====

The VuFind® project is developed and reviewed with accessibility best practices in mind. Because the software is highly configurable and customizable, it is impossible to make a blanket statement about the accessibility of every instance, but the core software and default settings are designed to provide an accessible platform. Because technology and standards evolve, and because there is always room for improvement, accessibility requires ongoing effort; the project devotes time to addressing these needs on an ongoing basis, and feedback from external accessibility reviews and community comments is taken seriously and incorporated when possible.  At a minimum, the project aims for compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA.

===== Accessibility Reviews =====

  * The [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/issues/VUFIND-1668|VUFIND-1668]] ticket contains information from an accessibility review conducted by Moravian Library in 2023. Most issues raised by the report were addressed as of release 10.0, though a few sub-tickets remain in progress.
  * The [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1704|VUFIND-1704]] ticket contains the report from the University of Colorado Boulder Digital Accessibility Office in May 2023.
===== Work in Progress =====

The project's GitHub repository uses an accessibility label on pull requests which can be used to find [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pulls?q=label%3Aaccessibility+is%3Aopen|in-progress]] and [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pulls?q=label%3Aaccessibility+is%3Aclosed|completed]] (since mid-2023) accessibility improvement work.

===== Notable Resources =====

  * [[https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/|Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) international standard, including WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, and WCAG 2.2]]
  * Resource page by the a11yproject with links to Media, Tools, etc.: https://www.a11yproject.com/resources/
  * Resource page by a11y-style-guide with links to Media, Tools, etc.: https://a11y-style-guide.com/style-guide/section-resources.html