Web accessibility means that people with diverse hearing, movement, sight, physical, and cognitive abilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with web content, whatever their hardware, software, language, culture, age, or location. It is an ongoing process that should continually evolve with your digital properties. (Introduction to Web Accessibility. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI: Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities).
Key to providing equal access to online sources and services to users with and without disabilities. It is an opportunity to improve the user's experience.
Suggested Reading: Wentz, B., Gorham, U., & Jaeger, P. T. (2023). Academic libraries and their legal obligation for content accessibility. First Monday, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i1.12892
