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The Library eResources Accessibility Portal (LEAP) is an assessment tool that allows library staff at participating institutions to evaluate the accessibility of library eresources, and provides a growing repository of accessibility assessment reports that library staff can review to help make acquisition decisions, support library users, and advocate for accessible eresources. As of Summer 2024, four Ontario university partners have joined the Ontario college libraries in contributing assessments.

The LEAP assessment tool was launched in April 2020. It was developed to assist college libraries in upholding accessibility best practices and achieving compliance with the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) for ensuring the accessibility of electronic resources (IASR, 2011, s. 18(3)). You can find out more about the history of LEAP on the LEAP OCLS service page.

 

As of May 2024, 189 assessments have been completed and are available in the assessment repository.

 

With OCLS’s support, LEAP is directed by College Libraries Ontario, with work falling under the purview of the LEAP Steering Committee.

 

Contact LEAP  

To get in touch about the LEAP service, please contact us. 

 

 

Recent Assessments

eResource Created Changed
ACM Digital Library
Grove Music Online
Reuters Newsfilm for Education
eCommerce Insights
IBISworld
ABI/INFORM Global
ed.flicks
Films on Demand
Faulkner Advisory on Info Tech Studies - FAITS
Libguides
Fliptster
College Complete eBook Collection
Canada Commons
Canadian Major Dailies
Materials Science Collection
Black Thought and Culture
Natural Medicines
Scott's Directories
Access World News: Canada Edition
UNWTO eLibrary
Musical Theater Songs
ASME Digital Collection
Taylor & Francis eJournals
McNabb Connolly Streaming Video
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)