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Bloomsbury Digital Resources is committed to ensuring equal access for all users of our resources, regardless of technology or ability. For all our resources, we aim for compliance with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/).
Our sites are all built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards-compliant HTML/CSS code means that any future browsers should also display it correctly. Where possible content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily and intuitively.
We're working hard to achieve our goal of Level AA accessibility, but our testing has identified a small number of areas that still need improving. These are outlined in our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), which we will continue to update as more enhancements are carried out across our platforms.
Download our latest VPAT here.
You can read more about our commitment to accessible digital resources, as well as the measures by which our sites have been tested to ensure compliance with WCAG standards, on our General BDR Accessibility Statement.
Yes, most text content is presented as HTML so it is resizable and reflowable. The site has been tested with 200% browser zoom to ensure that text still renders correctly and legibly, without losing any of the site's functionality or navigation.
Selected resources (e.g. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Collections and Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies) contain some content that is presented in searchable PDF form only. These chapter-level PDFs are DRM-free, so do not require any plug-ins or special software, and therefore can more easily be modified for accessibility, through zoom, changing color, reflowing or text-to-speech.
Yes, the site has been tested thoroughly to assess how sight-impaired or mobility-impaired users would access the content, and most of the site's functionality is fully accessible via keyboard. The focus order moves correctly in most cases, and there are no 'keyboard traps' in the site.
Areas of recent improvement:
Yes, the site has been manually tested throughout using NVDA 2023, JAWS 2023, and Voiceover on Windows 11 and macOS operating systems.
On main content pages such as book chapters, all content is correctly tagged to allow screen reader users to navigate the content and understand its structure. Screen reader users are able to follow text in the correct reading order throughout.
Areas of recent improvement:
Most of the available informative images/icons have appropriate text alternatives that present equivalent information to the visually impaired users using screen readers and refreshable braille display. Images provided as content do not all have alt text but are mostly contextualized with explanatory metadata.
The majority of images used solely for decorative purposes have been hidden from assistive technologies, with some outstanding exceptions including book covers and icons associated with content page toolbars (see VPAT for details).
To ensure accessibility for low-vision or colorblind users, we aim to ensure that the color contrast ratio for all interactive elements meets the WCAG standard minimum of 4.5:1. We also aim never to use color as the only source of information: whenever color is used to convey meaning this is also conveyed using text equivalents and HTML tags.
Areas of recent improvement to meet this standard include color changes throughout the sites to the 'Back to top' link, the 'Search' icon in main navigation bars, and the expand/collapse icons.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require assistance, or have any queries or feedback relating to accessibility, by visiting the Contact Us form.