Web accessibility at museums: on the agenda next week...
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At the conference Marcus Weisen, MLA's Health and Disability Adviser will talk about MLA's report on the "Accessibility of museum, library and archive websites".
The report which is based on an audit of the accessibility of 300 museum, library and archive websites is available at - - and was researched by City University.
MLA co-ordinated this years Jodi Mattes web accessibility awards. At the conference, award winners Pewsey Heritage Centre and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead will explain how they developed best practice in web accessibility.
The MAGDA conference cost is £30. For information on bookings please contact: cadi.price@ironbridge.org.uk
Related links to this article:
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Museums and Galleries Disability Association
The report is at this link in pdf format
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