Evaluación de la accesibilidad y usabilidad de los sitios Web de las Bibliotecas públicas catalanas

Analysis of accessibility and usability of web sites of 60 public libraries in Catalonia, the Catalonian Library and the collective catalogue of Barcelona's libraries' network. The accessibility was evaluated using indicators based on the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The usability was evaluated regarding contents, users and other factors. We pay attention to URL, understandability, browsability, luminosity, design, etc. It concludes that 90% of the libraries do not carry out some of the recommendations and they are inaccessible. Most of the analysed websites would need several adaptations to be accessible. The usability is also deficient in general. The librarians should get involved in the accessible design of web resources to reduce the barriers for disabled people and foster the usability of the libraries' websites for the public at large