Scope

The British Library is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The British Library operates a number of websites, subsites, and online services (“Sites”).

This accessibility statement supplements our main Accessibility Statement, and applies to the following Site:

• Register of Preservation Surrogates - http://primocat.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=rps&CON_LNG=eng

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this Site are not fully accessible:

• Some images are missing alternate text
• No page structure is specified
• Tables are used for layout without headings
• Radio buttons are not assigned to a fieldset
• Text and links do not have sufficient contrast against background
• Some same-page links are broken
• A Refresh meta tag is present
• Some headings are skipped or omitted entirely
• No language is specified on some pages
• Some form labels are missing

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons: 

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations  

• Some images do not have alternate text, meaning that users of assistive technologies or with visual impairment may not be able to understand the content. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
• No page structure is programmatically specified, meaning that users may not be able to adapt the presentation of the pages to their needs, and users of assistive technologies may not receive the content in logical order. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
• Tables are used for page layout without headers, meaning that users of assistive technologies may not be presented with content in a logical order, or may be led to expect content that is not present. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
• Radio buttons are not assigned to a fieldset, meaning that users of assistive technologies may not be able to navigate the content or adapt it to their needs. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships). 
• The colour of both text and links does not provide sufficient contrast against the background colour, meaning that users with moderate visual impairment who do not use assistive technologies may not be able to discern the content. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast Minimum).
• Some same-page links are broken, meaning that the keyboard can not be used to navigate through the page sections. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard).
• A Refresh meta tag is present, meaning that users of keyboards or assistive technology may lose control of their navigation. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.2.1 (Timing Adjustable) and 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide).
• Some pages skip or omit Headings, meaning that users of assistive technologies may not receive the content in logical order. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.6 (Headings and Labels).

• No language is programmatically specified for some pages, meaning that users of assistive technologies may not be able to render the pages into human speech. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page).

• Some form labels are missing, meaning that users of assistive technologies or with cognitive impairments may not be able to discern the functionality of the fields. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.3.2 (Labels or Instructions).

We plan to resolve these issues by upgrading to a modern version of the Primo interface before December 2021.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 20 August 2020. A full review of the site was carried out by the British Library using Wave and Google Measure.