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The accessibility of university web sites: the case of Turkish universities

verfasst von: Serhat Kurt

Erschienen in: Universal Access in the Information Society | Ausgabe 1/2011

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The Web has become a part of daily life, and yet web accessibility remains an important issue because of continuing accessibility problems involving many web users. Universities utilize the Web for many purposes, and therefore, university Web sites must be accessible for all. This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the level of accessibility of Turkish university homepages. A sample of university homepages was reviewed using multiple techniques based on The World Wide Web Consortium suggestions. The results indicated that all university homepages show some accessibility problems. Several recommendations are provided based on the research findings.

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Titel: The accessibility of university web sites: the case of Turkish universities
verfasst von: Serhat Kurt
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2011
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Universal Access in the Information Society / Ausgabe 1/2011
Print ISSN: 1615-5289
Elektronische ISSN: 1615-5297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-010-0190-z

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