The University of Edinburgh's rare and unique collections catalogue online.
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public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week. The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. When an issue is identified with the website we will liaise with the developers to highlight the issue and seek a solution. While investigation is underway, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below. The full guidelines are available at: The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons. The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria: Unless specified otherwise a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by July 2022. This website was last tested in November 2019. The website was tested by the University of Edinburgh’s Disability Information Officer on a PC using Internet Explorer (11.0.9600.19236) browser
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the Government Assistive Technology Browser Survey We tested: We will continue to work with developers to address these issues and deliver a solution or suitable workaround and correct issues directly. We hope to have the majority of issues resolved by July 2022. We will continue to monitor the website will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to the user interface or if a service user raises an issue. Whist we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will of course ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. This statement was prepared in September 2021. It was last updated on 15th September 2021.Enforcement procedure
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