Acessibilidade web do sistema de bibliotecas: uma proposta de política de comunicação digital acessível da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)

Abstract

The study presents the theme of web accessibility on the perspective of the portal of the Library of the Federal University of Tocantins (SISBIB/UFT), as a way to evaluate the web accessibility of that portal, in order to verify whether it is accessible according to the guidelines defined by Emag and Wcag, seeking to identify the main barriers to access and their possible needs. This process will allow us to understand how web accessibility is found in the SISBIB/UFT portal, as well as to raise the discussion about access, use and social inclusion in this space. For this, the HTML content of the page will be extracted from the portal, then this data will be submitted to automated validation, through the Evaluator and Accessibility Simulator in Sites (ASES) program in accordance with the criteria established in the Emag guidelines and by CSS validators and marking in accordance with wcag guidelines. The research is organized by the qualitative method with an exploratory approach, which will use a bibliographic review of the components that will support the research problem and the proposed objectives, considering different databases, journals and books on the perspectives of web accessibility, standards and guidelines of web accessibility, legislation corresponding to accessibility, inclusion and Assistive Technologies. As a result, from the evaluation of web accessibility, it was possible to verify that the SISBIB/UFT portal is not accessible, being possible to observe different barriers of access, which evidence the need for correction and maintenance. Thus, the study will bring an accessible digital communication policy, as a way to trace actions and procedures for the current scenario of digital accessibility of online products and services available by the UFT library system (SISBIB/UFT), in order to increase web accessibility in the library and democratize access to all information provided by the institution.