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Accessibility for the website www.ltu.se

Luleå University of Technology is behind this website. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This document describes how www.ltu.se complies with the law on accessibility to digital public services, any known accessibility issues and how you can report deficiencies to us so that we can fix them.

How accessible is the website?

We are aware that parts of the website are not fully accessible. See the section on inaccessible content below for more information.

What can you do if you cannot use parts of the website?

If you need content from www.ltu.se that is not accessible to you, but is excluded from the scope of the law as described below, you can report deficiencies using our form below. You can also call us on 0920-49 20 00.

Report deficiencies in website accessibility

We are constantly striving to improve the accessibility of our website. If you notice problems that are not described on this page, or if you believe that we are not complying with legal requirements, please let us know using the form below.

Report website accessibility issues

Supervision

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for the supervision of the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services. If you are not satisfied with how we handle your comments, you can contact the Agency for Digital Government and report it.

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Contact the Swedish Agency for Digital Government

Technical information on website accessibility

This website is partially compliant with the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services, due to the shortcomings described below.

Content that is not accessible

Non-text content WCAG 1.1.1

There are images that are not described with text. In some cases, these images may be informative, which means that visitors who do not see the image may miss information.

Audio-only and video-only (pre-recorded) WCAG 1.2.1

There are not always alternatives to audio and video clips.

Subtitles (recorded) WCAG 1.2.2

There are videos on the website or linked to from the website that are not captioned.

Audio description or media options (pre-recorded) WCAG 1.2.3

There are videos on the website or linked to from the website that lack audio description or text alternatives.

Audio description (pre-recorded) WCAG 1.2.5

There are videos on the website or linked to from the website that lack audio description.

Information and relationships WCAG 1.3.1

There are several empty headings that are actually a line break in an existing heading.
There are a few pages that contain empty container elements.

Use of colors WCAG 1.4.1

Links in text are only identified by color in a few places, including fact boxes.

Contrast WCAG 1.4.3

The color contrast of the orange text arrows " is not high enough.

Changing the text size WCAG 1.4.4

Text in the personal article is cut off when resized in some browsers

Purpose of a link WCAG 2.4.4

There are links with no text options.

Label in name WCAG 2.5.3

Visible label and accessible name are not consistent. In some places it is preamble + heading and the name only the preamble.

Name, role, value WCAG 4.1.2

There are links without text options
There are embedded frames without text alternatives (title).

Further problems encountered on the website are

There are DIVs containing more than 150 characters of text without any other markup code (P, Q, BLOCKQUOTE, etc.).
There is information generated with CSS which in some cases is not always accessible to assistive technology. E.g. in slideshows.
For the search function magnifying glass, cues and controls are not linked explicitly and the indication of keyboard focus may be missing in some cases.
For pages with cards, there may be links that have no text content.

Our ambition is to have fixed all known accessibility issues by the time we change platforms. This work will begin in the fall of 2021 and will hopefully be completed in 2022.

Unreasonably burdensome adaptation

Luleå University of Technology invokes exceptions for unreasonably burdensome adaptation according to Section 12 of the Act on accessibility to digital public service for the following content.

Many of our systems create documents that are not fully accessible. It will take a lot of work to fix all systems and we will not be able to do everything before September 23, 2020, but will continuously be updated according to a priority order.

How we tested the website

The website has been tested several times, including the introduction of responsive design in 2017 by the ETU. We use the Siteimprove tool for ongoing testing of the website's functions and content. DIGG has conducted a simplified monitoring 2021-08-05

The last assessment was carried out in August 2021

The statement was last updated on 2021-09-15

Accessibility statement for the library - see below

Here you can find more information on the accessibility of library services.

Advice and support on digital accessibility (link to internal page Communication support not yet available)

Accessibility statement for library services

Most of the library's services are accessible but we will continue to work towards compliance. Below is an overview of the library's services.

Library website search page

The library's web pages are accessible in accordance with current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that the library's search page works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will get back to you.

Create covers for student essays and research reports (cover app)

The create cover app is accessible according to current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that create cover app works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

The last assessment was carried out in November 2023
The statement was last updated on 2024-05-17

The library map

The library map is not compliant with current directives and is not accessible. If you are unable to use the library map but need help finding a book in the room, please contact the library staff.

My library account

My library account is accessible according to current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that My library account works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

Search articles, databases, etc. on the library's home page

Search articles, databases etc. is adapted for accessibility according to current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that Search articles, databases etc. works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

Search for books and e-books from the library's home page

Search for books and e-books is accessibility adapted according to current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that Search books and e-books works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

Browse research articles (BrowZine)

Browsing research articles has been adapted for accessibility in accordance with current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that BrowZine works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

Management of citations and references (RefWorks)

The management of citations and references has been adapted for accessibility in accordance with current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think that RefWorks works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will get back to you

Library chat function (LibraryH3lp Chat)

The library's chat function is adapted for accessibility according to current directives and should therefore work well for you as a user. If you do not think the chat function works well for you from an accessibility perspective, we want to know. Send us your contact details and we will contact you.

The publication database DiVA

A full accessibility statement for the publication database DiVA can be found on the link below.

Updated: 26 June 2024