The issue of accessible technology continues to garner attention in all sectors, and the ability to ensure its provision in educational settings is a topic of keen interest among academics, library professionals, and administrators alike. To that end, the CARLI Commercial Products Committee has undertaken a project to collect and make public accessibility documentation from CARLI’s electronic resource providers, specifically the vendors’ VPAT® information, or Voluntary Product Assessment Template®.
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), self-described as the global voice of the tech sector, is the creator of the VPAT®, which is the “recommended reporting format for enhancing industry-customer communications on ICT product and service conformance with relevant accessibility standards and guidelines.” The VPAT® can be completed in four editions depending on the standards and/or guidelines under consideration: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0; Revised Section 508; EN 301 549; and International.
Because completion of the VPAT® is, as the name implies, voluntary, providers may choose not to complete a VPAT® or not to make it available publicly, or to complete it in such a way as to either modulate insufficiencies or detail them fully along with details about future corrections. A procurement official unfamiliar with the product being considered for purchase might not be able to discern from reviewing a VPAT® whether the product is acceptable from an accessibility standpoint. Due to the discretionary nature of the VPAT®, it can be a useful tool in evaluating a product’s accessibility, but it should not be the sole determining factor in purchasing decisions.
With this information in mind, the CARLI Commercial Products Committee has provided the following list of VPAT® information from its providers, where available.
AAAS Accessibility Information
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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AAAS | All Products | 10/2016 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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ACS | ACS Publications | 3/2019 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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AMS | AMS EJournals Collection | 1/1/2020 |
AMS | MathSciNet | 12/12/2019 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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ArtStor | ArtStor | 9/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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ACM | ACM Digital Library | 2/2020 |
Bloomsbury Collections Accessibility Statement
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Bloomsbury | Berg Fashion Library | 1/2019 |
Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Collections | 5/2020 |
Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Publishing Platform | 9/2020 |
Bloomsbury | Churchill Archive | 1/2019 |
Bloomsbury | Drama Online | 12/2018 |
Bloomsbury | Fairchild Books Library | 1/2019 |
Bloomsbury | Fashion Business Cases | 12/2018 |
Bloomsbury | Fashion Photography Archive | 12/2018 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Chronicle | Chronicle of Higher Education | 11/2019 |
Credo Learning Tools Accessibility
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Credo | Credo Online Reference Service | 9/2020 |
Credo | Credo Learning Tools | 9/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Duke | All Products | 7/2019 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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EBSCO | EDS/EBSCOhost | 4/2021 |
EBSCO | EBSCO eBooks | 1/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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eHRAF (Yale) | eHRAF World Cultures & eHRAF Archaeology | 9/2019 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Gale Group | Biography and Geneology Master Index (Gale Directory platform) | 10/2021 |
Gale Group | DemographicsNOW | 3/2021 |
Gale Group | Gale Business: Entrepreneurship | 7/2019 |
Gale Group | Gale Business: Plan Builder | 1/2020 |
Gale Group | Gale Business Insights | 10/2017 |
Gale Group | Gale Case Studies | |
Gale Group | Gale Health & Wellness | 10/2021 |
Gale Group | In Context (Biography, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Opposing Viewpoints, Science, US History, World History) | 8/2022 |
Gale Group | Gale Interactives (Chemistry & Human Anatomy) | 3/2020 |
Gale Group | Gale Literature Products (Dictionary of Literary Biography, Lit Finder, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writer's Online, Twayne's Authors Online, Something About the Author) | 8/2022 |
Gale Group | National Geographic | 5/2021 |
Gale Group | OneFile (Academic OneFile, Book Review Index, Communications & Mass Media, Contemporary Women's Issues, Educator's Reference Complete, Fine Arts, Health & Medicine, Psychology, Religion & Philosophy, War & Terrorism) | 7/2022 |
Gale Group | Health & Wellness Resource Center | 10/2021 |
Gale Group | Legal Forms | 3/2021 |
Gale Group | Primary Sources (Smithsonian Collections Online, World Scholar) | 8/2022 |
Gale Group | Testing & Education Resource Center | 3/2020 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Films On Demand | All Products | 12/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Johns Hopkins University Press | All Products (Project Muse) | 5/2022 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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JSTOR | All Products | 9/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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LexisNexis | Nexis-Uni | 4/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Ovid | All Ovid Web Products (5 Minute Consult, Agricola, Joanna Briggs products, Journal collections, Mental Measurements, PsychArticles, PsychBooks, PsychInfo, PsychTests, Visible Body products) | 7/17/2018 |
Ovid | Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy: All Volumes | 8/10/2017 |
Ovid | Bates' Visual Guides | 7/24/2017 |
Ovid | LWW Nursing & Health Collections products | 8/3/2017 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Oxford University Press | AMA Manual of Style | 5/24/2018 |
Oxford University Press | American National Biography | 6/14/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Benezit Dictionary of Artists | 6/14/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford African American Studies Center | 8/17/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Art Online (Grove Art) | 6/14/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Biblical Studies Online | 7/27/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Bibliographies | 6/21/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Dictionaries | 5/31/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | 6/14/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford English Dictionary | 5/31/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Handbooks & Research Encyclopedias | 6/7/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Islamic Studies Online | 8/10/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Music Online (Grove Music) | 6/14/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Reference Online | 7/6/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Scholarship Online | 7/20/2018 |
Oxford University Press | Very Short Introductions | 5/24/2018 |
ProQuest Accessibility Directory
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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ProQuest | Alexander Street Press (Old Platform) | 2/2022 |
ProQuest | Alexander Street Press Video (New Platform) | 2/2022 |
ProQuest | ProQuest Academic All Products | 3/2022 |
ProQuest | ProQuest Congressional | 8/2021 |
ProQuest | ProQuest Ebook Central | 4/28/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Sage | CQ Press Library | 7/2020 |
Sage | CQ Researcher | 6/2020 |
Sage | Data Planet | 5/2021 |
Sage | All Sage Premier Journals | 2/2021 |
Sage | Sage Knowledge | 3/2021 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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SpringerNature | SpringerLink | 6/2022 |
SpringerNature | Nature.com | 6/2022 |
Vendor | Product | Date of Update |
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Wiley | All Products | 7/2022 |