Análise da acessibilidade em sites de bibliotecas de universidades públicas

Abstract

The digital environment constitutes a space for active interaction in today's society. It is understood that libraries are institutions that promote knowledge and culture that need to have a broad reach and think about accessibility in its different forms. This study aimed to ‘Analyze accessibility on university library websites according to the criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2)’. An analysis was carried out of the home pages of two federal public university libraries in the State of Santa Catarina, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS) - campus Chapecó. The study is descriptive and exploratory, using a survey as a method and a form as a data collection instrument. An initial automatic analysis was carried out using the AccessMonitor online platform and a manual analysis based on information accessibility barriers. After the evaluations carried out, it is clear that the websites meet most of the basic accessibility criteria and, therefore, are considered accessible websites. However, they can refine and improve their programming structure by adding elements that ensure better accessibility, especially compliance level A criteria, according to WCAG 2.2 guidelines.