...Axel Schmetzke; Elke Greifeneder; Michael Providenti; Robert Zai, III Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the standards, guidelines, and laws which affect web accessibility for academic library web sites in the USA as well as an explanation of the mechanism by which accessibility...

... a growing body of significant laws and standards concerning Web accessibility that impact people with disabilities. Ways of breaking down these barriers to a fuller accessibility implementation do exist, including education to raise awareness of Web accessibility, nationwide policy and guidelines...

... Information technology Libraries Information services Internet Law Over the past 20 years or so, libraries have seen a number of significant changes due to advances in information technology. But in the most basic sense, libraries have always depended upon “information technology” of one form...

...Michael Seadle There are times when the US copyright laws seem to stem from a culture that puts little value on providing public access to its own past. Two recent conferences discussed problems raised by copyright laws for those interested in multimedia (especially sound) recordings. Part...

...Siriginidi Subba Rao This article covers the evolution of traditional intellectual property rights (IPR) laws and associated concepts from printed to digital works, and discusses how the characteristics of digital replication pose problems for traditional IPR systems. It highlights international...