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Meeting Sustainable Goals Through Improved Digital Accessibility of Content: a Landscape Review in the University Context


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The goal of this paper is to deepen the concepts and practice of digital accessibility to people with disabilities. In particular it builds on the wider concept of sustainability. It also addresses the impact on libraries, the relevant standards and processes and finally reports an overview of the state of the art in implementation through interviews with librarians.

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Digital accessibility; Sustainable goals; Sustainable development; Accessible formats; Artificial Intelligence; Accessible alternative texts; Web accessibility; Digital content

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2423/i22394303v13n2p161

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