[Evergreen-general] Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

[Nancy Grant]

Does ICOLC have any one involved with the issue?
https://icolc.net/participating-consortia

Since Evergreen is being used by consortia, and each consortia has its own
need for all its libraries, maybe there is a
potential connection/support/funding there?

Nancy B. Grant
Maine Balsam Libraries Consortium President
Retired LMS, NBCT
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
207-564-3098
nbgrantme at gmail.com



On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:10 AM Galen Charlton via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> VPATs are on the agenda (
> https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=governance:minutes:2023-06-15)
> of the TEP board meeting this Thursday, especially given the potential
> expense.
>
> While there is no requirement that Accessibility Conformance Reports or
> ACRs (to use the more correct term; a VPAT is just a template for an ACR)
> be created by third parties, I am of the opinion that at least initially
> we're best off getting an evaluation from a person or entity that already
> has experience doing them rather than trying a roll-our-own approach. That
> could mean a paid contract, but it could also mean working with an in-house
> accessibility shop that may be available to a community member and is
> willing to donate their time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 9:58 AM Jane Sandberg via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Benjamin's overview 100%.  Also, I do think that a formal
>> VPAT would be a helpful thing for the community to have -- it's an industry
>> standard for sure.  This has come up in other open source communities
>> I'm in as well.
>>
>> I'd gladly participate in a group, or convene one, to create a VPAT and
>> document the process so that it is repeatable.  Another approach would be
>> to contract out to a respected accessibility vendor for a VPAT -- I think
>> this could be valuable to get additional expertise from outside the
>> community, especially if we could repeat this process on a regular basis
>> (for example, every other feature release).
>>
>> El sáb, 10 jun 2023 a la(s) 12:24, Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-general (
>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org) escribió:
>>
>>> It's several years out of date, but it looks like the Georgia Center for
>>> Inclusive Design and Innovation did an Accessibility Evaluation
>>> <https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=accessibility:evergreen_evaluation_report.pdf>
>>> of Evergreen in June 2019.
>>>
>>> Accessibility has not always been a focus in the community but has been
>>> getting a lot more love lately and I know some of the problems identified
>>> in that report have been fixed while others remain.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping someone else will chime in if there are more current
>>> resources we can point you towards.
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM PYF HTMLCSS via Evergreen-general <
>>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi There,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking to get evergreen installed in our organization but our IT
>>>> department requires a VPAT. I was wondering if Evergreen has one?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> - Phil
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