Accessibility declaration Discovery

The public authorities are required to

• the Ordinance on the Creation of Barrier-free Information Technology under the Disability Equality Act (BITV 2.0)
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG) 2.0,
• Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on barrier-free access to the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies,
• the Thuringian Act on Barrier-free Access to the Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Authorities (Thür BarrWebG) of 30 July 2019,
• and the Thuringian Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (ThürBITVO) of 28 April 2020

to make websites and mobile applications accessible without barriers.

The following declaration on accessibility documents the implementation status of this website: Discovery search portal.

Compliance status

Partially compliant: Some parts of the content do not fully comply with the accessibility standard. The Discovery search portal at Erfurt University Library uses Lukida, a software solution for discovery systems.

Test methodology: Self-assessments in the form of the BITV/WCAG test and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.

Date of creation: 05.10.2020

Content that is not accessible

• Some content cannot be perceived by people who are blind.
• There is no support for people with limited cognitive, speech or learning abilities.
• The meaning of some elements is not adequately explained.
• Most of the website cannot be operated using a keyboard.
• Users of assistive technologies are unlikely to have an easy overview of the website or its content and are unable to access the content of interest.