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Web & Digital Content Accessibility

JMU Libraries is committed to digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually work to ensure our website and digital resources are fully accessible to all users and compatible with assistive technologies.

Standards

As part of a public university in the state of Virginia, JMU Libraries is required to comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and regulations set forth by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Accordingly, JMU Libraries uses WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines as a baseline for determining web and digital accessibility.

Compliance

To fulfill its commitment to accessibility, regular automated testing of our website alerts Libraries staff to accessibility issues, broken links, and other web governance issues. Libraries staff also manually test web content to ensure compatibility with the following technologies.

  • Desktop and mobile devices
  • Browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
  • Keyboard, mouse, and touch navigation
  • Screen Readers: JAWS, Narrator, NVDA, Orca, and VoiceOver
  • PDFs: WCAG and PDF/UA compliant