Accessibility

USA

Download the EN 301 549 edition of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® (VPAT®) here. It contains information regarding how the OAPEN Library website conforms with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794 (d)). Section 508 provides guidelines for rendering ICT accessible to, and therefore usable by, people with limited capacities to see, hear, or exercise muscular control (aka disabilities).

UK

Accessibility statement for www.oapen.org

This accessibility statement applies to the oapen.org website. This website is run by the OAPEN Foundation. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • You cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact Ronald Snijder by email: [email protected].

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille: email [email protected]

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 30 days.

Enforcement procedure

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, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

OAPEN Foundation is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The OAPEN website contains many links to open access books and chapters, provided by hundreds of publishers. These documents may not always meet the accessibility regulations. This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

Disproportionate burden

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the access to publication issues. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

We tested the OAPEN website, available at www.oapen.org. This website was last tested on 4-9-2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out by the OAPEN Foundation.

This statement was prepared on 21-1-2010. It was last reviewed on 4-9-2024.