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ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

The Alexandria Library seeks to provide all patrons with a welcoming, productive, and safe environment. We offer equipment and services that help to provide equitable access to our collections and branches.

Alexandria Library Web & Digital Accessibility Statement

Alexandria Library wants all visitors to our Library websites and mobile app to feel welcome and to have a positive experience in addition to finding the information and services they need. In partnership with our website and app vendors, we work to ensure that the web content we manage at alexlibraryva.org and partner sites is accessible to users with a variety of needs. 

Our goal is to meet the standards set out by WCAG 2.2 AA for the content we are responsible for on our website and partner apps and sites. We are working to achieve and maintain these standards via the following steps: 

  • Contacting our primary web and app platform providers regarding their accessibility statements and plans.
  • Consulting the WCAG 2.2 AA standards and guidelines to inform our review and updates.  
  • Reviewing the web content that we directly manage and updating that content as needed to ensure conformance with the target standards. 
  • Establishing a process to regularly review the above content as needed to maintain conformance with standards as we add or edit content. 

Our primary web content works with and is most tested using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. We recommend using recent and up to date versions of these browsers when accessing our web content.  

Our primary web content is mobile friendly wherever possible, though there might be some content that lends itself more readily to a larger format.  
Please note, as referenced above, that we utilize multiple vendors to deliver online content and our mobile app, and only manage a subset of the content on these platforms. If you have questions or concerns about any of the web content you access via Alexandria Library and its vendors, please reach out to us via our Contact Page.

 

TRANSLATION

LANGUAGE LINE
Connect to an interpreter in over 200 languages, including ASL, to assist you in communicating with library staff.  Please see staff at the information desk at your local branch. (Interprete / ተርጓሚ / مترجم )

 

SIGN INTERPRETATION OF LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Signing is available at all library sponsored programs for hearing impaired patrons if five days notice is given. Call 703-746-1760. TTY Line: 703-746-1790.

 

 

PRINT & VIDEO

HOME DELIVERY of library materials to those Alexandria residents who are unable to visit the library. Call 703-746-1702x8.

TALKING BOOK SERVICE is a free service provided through Library of Congress for the blind, physically or visually impaired or learning disabled. For an application to join this service and for more information call 703-746-1760.

LARGE PRINT, AUDIOBOOKS, and EAUDIOBOOKS are provided for those with low vision or blindness.

CLOSED CAPTIONED videos are provided for those individuals with hearing impairment.

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DATABASES

 

WEBSITES

ACPD
Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities.  Its mission is "to promote the rights of persons with disabilities by advocating for equality, dignity and independence through advising the community and advancing public awareness."

Alexandria City Services
Available to residents with a diagnosis of developmental disability.  Person centered services are available to residents of the City of Alexandria with a diagnosis of developmental disability. 

ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act.  Get information and technical assistance on the American with Disabilities Act.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is the 3rd Thursday each May, and promotes digital accessibility and inclusion for people with all disabilities.

U.S. Department of Labor
Disability resources and information to promote an inclusive workforce.

Disability History Association
Non-profit organization the promotes the study of disabilities throughout history.

 

Last updated: March 2026