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December 5, 2024
Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
This accessibility statement applies to https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/
This site gives access to a variety of University of Edinburgh Library affiliated blogs covering library activity, collections, projects and exhibitions.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website. For example, this means you should be able to:
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
AbilityNet – My computer my way
With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website to make it easier to read and navigate.
Additional information on how to customise our website appearance
If you are a member of the University staff or a student you can use the free Sensus Access accessible document conversion service.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:
We will consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:
We will consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly.
Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)
The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:
Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website
British Sign Language service
Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week.
Contact Scotland BSL service details
The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below
The full guidelines are available at
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations
The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria
At this time, we believe all items are within our control. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution, or significant improvement, will be in place will be in place by August 2024.
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
At this time we believe all content is within the scope of the regulations
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to work with our in house developers to address these issues and deliver a solution or suitable workaround and correct issues directly.
We will continue to monitor accessibility and will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to the user interface or if a service user raises an issue or as part of our yearly monitoring. At this time, we believe all items are within our control. We plan to resolve the issues by August 2024. Where we are unable to resolve an issue we will ensure reasonable adjustments are put in place to ensure no user is disadvantaged.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 5th Sept 2023. It was last reviewed on 5th Sept 2023
This website was last tested by the Library and University Collections Digital Library team, University of Edinburgh in April 2023 using automated and manual methods The site was tested on a PC, primarily using Microsoft Edge (103.0.1264.37) alongside Mozilla Firefox (91.9.1esr) and Google Chrome.
Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey
The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.
We ran automated testing using Wave WEBAIM and then manual testing that included:
Since our first evaluation and statement in 2022, which was based on automated testing, we have undertaken extensive manual testing. This includes utilising a range of assistive technology to ensure we have a clear picture of the accessibility issues and how best to resolve them.