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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="Aspose.Words for .NET 24.4.0" /><title></title><style type="text/css">body { font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt }h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, p { margin:0pt }li { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt }h1 { margin-top:12pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:16pt; font-weight:normal; color:#2f5496 }h2 { margin-top:2pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:13pt; font-weight:normal; color:#2f5496 }h3 { margin-top:2pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; color:#1f3763 }h4 { margin-top:2pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; color:#2f5496 }h5 { margin-top:2pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; color:#2f5496 }.BalloonText { font-family:'Segoe UI'; font-size:9pt }.CommentSubject { font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold }.CommentText { font-size:10pt }.ListParagraph { margin-left:36pt; font-size:12pt }.NormalWeb { margin-top:5pt; margin-bottom:5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:12pt }.Title { font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:28pt; letter-spacing:-0.5pt }.paragraph { margin-top:5pt; margin-bottom:5pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:12pt }span.BalloonTextChar { font-family:'Segoe UI'; font-size:9pt }span.CommentReference { font-size:8pt }span.CommentSubjectChar { font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold }span.CommentTextChar { font-size:10pt }span.FollowedHyperlink { text-decoration:underline; color:#954f72 }span.Heading1Char { font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:16pt; color:#2f5496 }span.Heading2Char { font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:13pt; color:#2f5496 }span.Heading3Char { font-family:'Calibri Light'; color:#1f3763 }span.Heading4Char { font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-style:italic; color:#2f5496 }span.Heading5Char { font-family:'Calibri Light'; color:#2f5496 }span.Hyperlink { text-decoration:underline; color:#0563c1; -aw-style-name:hyperlink }span.TitleChar { font-family:'Calibri Light'; font-size:28pt; letter-spacing:-0.5pt }span.UnresolvedMention { color:#605e5c; background-color:#e1dfdd }span.UnresolvedMention1 { color:#605e5c; background-color:#e1dfdd; -aw-style-name:'Unresolved Mention1' }span.UnresolvedMention2 { color:#605e5c; background-color:#e1dfdd; -aw-style-name:'Unresolved Mention2' }span.UnresolvedMention3 { color:#605e5c; background-color:#e1dfdd; -aw-style-name:'Unresolved Mention3' }</style></head><body><div><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p class="Title"><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:20pt; font-weight:bold">Accessibility statement for </span><a href="http://www.chartingthenation.lib.ed.ac.uk/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:20pt; font-weight:bold">Charting the Nation</span></a></p><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">This accessibility statement applies to:</span></p><p><a href="http://www.chartingthenation.lib.ed.ac.uk/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">http://www.chartingthenation.lib.ed.ac.uk/</span></a></p><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">This website is run by the </span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial; background-color:#ffffff">Library and University Collections Directorate which is part of Information Services Group at </span><span style="font-family:Arial">the University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Change colours, contrast levels and fonts</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Magnify text up to 500% </span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Navigate through most parts of the site using voice recognition software e.g., Dragon</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Experience no time limits when using the website</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Not encounter any flashing, scrolling or moving text.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h1 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Customising the website</span></h1><p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial">AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; color:#346dbf; background-color:#ffffff">AbilityNet - My Computer My Way</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/website/accessibility/customising-site" title="Customising our site" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; color:#346dbf; background-color:#ffffff">Additional information on how to customise our website appearance</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-disability-service/staff/supporting-students/accessible-technology" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; color:#346dbf; background-color:#ffffff">Information on SensusAccess</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">How accessible this website is</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">There are examples of text as an image on the site</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.17pt; padding-left:7.33pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Reflow is not enabled beyond 150%</span></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:35.27pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="eop" style="font-family:Arial">Some colour contrasts do not meet the necessary standard</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Not all non-text content has appropriate alternative text</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Some links open in new windows or tabs without warning</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Some links are not formatted with meaningful hypertext</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">There is no skip to main content function</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Some parts of the website are not able to be customized depending on the browser used</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Not all content is compatible with screen readers or voice recognition software</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:35.27pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Headings are not coded correctly and therefore are not recognised by screen readers</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Feedback and contact information</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.37pt; padding-left:7.33pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Email:</span><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:spaces">  </span><a href="mailto:Information.systems@ed.ac.uk" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Information.systems@ed.ac.uk</span></a></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Telephone: +44 (0)131 651 5151</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:7.5pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; color:#333333; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000">British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via </span><a href="http://contactscotland-bsl.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Contact</span></a><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial"> Scotland BSL</span><span style="font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000">the on-line BSL interpreting service.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Reporting accessibility problems with this website</span></h2><p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial">We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Email:</span><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:spaces">  </span><a href="mailto:Information.systems@ed.ac.uk" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Information.systems@ed.ac.uk</span></a></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Telephone: +44 (0)131 651 5151</span></li><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:7.5pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; color:#333333; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000">British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via </span><a href="http://contactscotland-bsl.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Contact</span></a><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial"> Scotland BSL</span><span style="font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000">the on-line BSL interpreting service.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Enforcement procedure</span></h2><p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial">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 please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/reporting-accessibility-problem-public-sector-website" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; color:#346dbf; background-color:#ffffff">Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language</span></h2><p style="margin-top:15pt; margin-bottom:7.5pt; font-size:14pt; -aw-outline-level:3"><span style="font-family:Arial">British Sign Language service</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8.00am to 12.00am, 7 days a week.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><a href="https://contactscotland-bsl.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">Contact Scotland BSL service details</span><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#333333">.</span></a></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Technical information about this website’s accessibility</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.</span></p><p style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:16pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Compliance Status</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial">This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The full guidelines are available at:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial; color:#346dbf; background-color:#ffffff">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Non accessible content</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h3><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></h3><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:</span></p><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Not all non-text items have alternative text </span><ul type="circle" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:30.2pt; padding-left:5.8pt; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#non-text-content" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">1.1.1 - Non Text Content</span></a></li></ul></li></ul><p><span class="normaltextrun" style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial">There were colour contrast issues</span><ul type="circle" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:30.2pt; padding-left:5.8pt; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#contrast-minimum" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">1.4.3 - Contrast (Minimum)</span></a></li></ul></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">There are examples of text as an image</span><ul type="circle" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:30.2pt; padding-left:5.8pt; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#images-of-text" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">1.4.5 – Images of text</span></a></li></ul></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Reflow is not enabled for magnification beyond 150%</span><ul type="circle" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:30.2pt; padding-left:5.8pt; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#reflow" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">1.4.10 - Reflow</span></a></li></ul></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:72pt"><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:spaces"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial">No skip to main content button is enabled on some pages of the site</span><ul type="circle" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-left:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:30.2pt; margin-bottom:12pt; padding-left:5.8pt; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#bypass-blocks" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">2.4.1 - Bypass Blocks</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial">Some links do not contain meaningful hypertext to inform the user of their target location</span></li></ul><ul type="circle" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:66.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:5.8pt; font-family:serif; color:#0563c1; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#link-purpose-in-context" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">2.4.4 - Link Purpose in Context</span><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></a></li></ul><p class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#link-purpose-in-context" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"></a><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial">Headings are not formatted correctly, which affects screen reader software</span></li></ul><ul type="circle" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:66.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:5.8pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#headings-and-labels" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">2.4.6 - Headings and Labels</span><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></a></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial">The focus indicator is not clearly visible</span></li></ul><ul type="circle" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:66.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:5.8pt; font-family:serif; color:#0563c1; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#focus-visible" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">2.4.7 - Focus Visible</span></a></li></ul><p><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial; color:#0563c1; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:28.52pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family:Arial">Some hyperlinks open link in new tab/window, and some popups do not alert the user this will happen </span></li></ul><ul type="circle" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:66.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-left:5.8pt; font-family:serif; color:#0563c1; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#on-input" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">3.2.2 - On Input</span></a></li></ul><p class="paragraph" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:72pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#on-input" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"></a><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:28.52pt; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">The website is not fully compatible with assistive software as not all items are coded correctly </span></li></ul><ul type="circle" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:66.2pt; padding-left:5.8pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Courier New'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:'o'"><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#name-role-value" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">4.1.2 Name-Role-Value</span></a></li></ul><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') on how we are improving our site accessibility. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We are working towards solving these problems and expect several improvements by February 2025. The site is fully within our control</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Disproportionate burden</span></h2><p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial">We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h3 style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations</span></h3><p class="NormalWeb" style="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Our site includes reproductions of items in heritage collections that cannot be made fully accessible because doing so would either damage the item or it is not possible to extract the text from the manuscripts. These items are</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/regulation/4/made" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial">such as</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span><a href="http://www.arsanatomica.lib.ed.ac.uk/reduced.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Hyperlink" style="font-family:Arial">excerpts from ancient anatomy manuals</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span></p><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">What we’re doing to improve accessibility</span></h2><p><span style="-aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We will continue to address and make adequate improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by February 2025.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Preparation of this accessibility statement</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">This statement was prepared on 20</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">th</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold"> September 2021. It was last reviewed on</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">­</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">­</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">­</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold"> 26</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">th</span><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold"> March 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold">The website was last tested in January 2024. The testing was carried out by Library and University Collections, Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh </span><span style="font-family:Arial">using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a PC, primarily using Microsoft Edge alongside Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><a href="https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey9/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0563c1">WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial">We ran automated testing using </span><a href="https://wave.webaim.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0563c1">WAVE WebAIM</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> and then manual testing that included:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Spell check functionality;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Scaling using different resolutions and reflow;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc);</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Data validation;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Warning of links opening in new tab or window;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Information conveyed in the colour or sound only;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Flashing, moving or scrolling text;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Use with screen reading software (for example JAWS);</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Assistive software (TextHelp Read and Write, Windows Magnifier, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, TalkBack and VoiceOver);</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Time limits;</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS).</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Any drag functionality and alternatives</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Consistent help function</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">No need to re-enter data already submitted</span></li><li style="margin-left:28.52pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:7.48pt; font-family:serif; -aw-font-family:'Symbol'; -aw-font-weight:normal; -aw-number-format:''"><span style="font-family:Arial">Any cognitive tests </span></li></ul><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%"><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p><h2 style="font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Change Log</span></h2><p><span style="font-family:Arial">Since the first statement we have undertaken extensive manual testing involved with a range of assistive software to understand better the accessibility issues around the website.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial; -aw-import:ignore"> </span></p></div></body></html>