Name: All Access: University of South Carolina Libraries' Path to Digital Accessibility
Start: 2026-06-18T10:30:00-0400
End: 2026-06-18T11:20:00-0400

All Access: University of South Carolina Libraries' Path to Digital Accessibility

Thursday June 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:20am EDT

Virtual Room C

In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a final ruling under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act establishing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA as the technical standard for digital accessibility. The ruling requires state and local government entities serving more than 50,000 people to make their web content and mobile applications fully accessible by April 2026. For large research institutions, this mandate presents an enormous challenge: how do you ensure accessibility across hundreds of licensed databases, thousands of e-journals, multiple digital repositories, and countless web pages?

Moderators

Christine

Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

Presenters

Amie Freeman

Assistant Head, Acquisitions & Scholarly Communication, USC Columbia

Amie Freeman is the Scholarly Communication Librarian with the University of South Carolina Libraries' Digital Research Services department. She holds a BA in International Studies and a MLIS from the University of South Carolina. Amie oversees Scholar Commons, UofSC’s institutional... Read More →