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accessibility of digitized documents - Texas policy



Please forgive the cross-postings.

I thought the following Texas policy (going into effect on July 1, 2000)
might be interesting to archivists and records managers who are trying
to provide online access to digitized documents while also complying
with accessibility requirements for those with disabilities:
http://www.state.tx.us/Standards/S201-12.htm

In (b)(1)(C), it provides specific exceptions for:

(i) Historical documents [defined as "either a document dated prior to
1991 for which the agency does not have the original document in
electronic format, or a document dated prior to 1997 that contains a
handwritten signature"].

(ii) Documents for which the agency is not the original author.

(iii) Document image files of forms that are not currently designed for
electronic use, but for which the use depends on a structured layout.
These forms shall be identified in the section of the agency's
Information Resources Strategic Plan that describes the agency's plans
for receiving forms or payments electronically.

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Cal Lee
Electronic Records Project Archivist
Kansas State Historical Society
Phone: 785-272-8681, ext. 280         Fax: 785-272-8682
http://da.state.ks.us/itab/erc/
http://www.kshs.org/archives/recmgt.htm
                  "Obsolete power corrupts obsoletely."
                                           - Ted Nelson

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