April 28, 2003
Accessible Museum Website Award launched
The Museums Computer Group (MCG) is seeking nominations for the most accessible museum website of the year award. This is the first Jodi Mattes Access award and the winner will be announced at the RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind)’s Talking Images conference on 20th May 2003.
Criteria for the award will be usability and content accessibility. Technical compliance will be measured to level A of the Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines. If entries are sufficient in number, there will be two prizes for ‘Best Large-scale Site’ and ‘Best Shoestring Project’ . Websites from all countries are eligible, but must contain some navigation and content in English.