Sydik, Jeremy J. Design Accessible Web Sites: Thirty-Six Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms.

Rachel Singer Gordon -- Library Journal, 4/21/2008 7:59:00 AM

Sydik, Jeremy J. Design Accessible Web Sites: Thirty-Six Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms. Pragmatic Bookshelf. 2007. c.318p. ISBN 978-1-934356-02-9. pap. $34.95. COMPUTER BOOKS

Accessibility means designing your content to be reachable by as many users as possible, including those with disabilities; those accessing your web site with PDAs, game consoles, and other devices; and those using various flavors of browsers. This book focuses on designing for users with disabilities (which often also inherently increases accessibility on multiple platforms). A welcome real-world, user-centered (rather than a dry compliance-centered) focus shows how to design from the user’s perspective, while standards and guidelines are addressed in a concluding section. Comprehensive coverage ranges from why be accessible; to making image, video, audio, and PDF files more accessible; to creating an accessible interface. Thorough, useful, and clear, this guide is a great choice for medium and larger public libraries.--Rachel SInger Gordon