Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://library-guides.imperial.ac.uk site at Imperial

This website is run by Library Services at Imperial. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen.
• navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software.
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: library@imperial.ac.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format please contact:

Email: library@imperial.ac.uk

Phone number: +44 (0)20 7594 8810

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 working days.  

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Imperial Library Services are committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

To the best of our knowledge, this website is fully compliant with the standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

N/A

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

N/A

Disproportionate burden

N/A

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations.

N/A

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are monitoring the new content continuously, making sure the new content meets the WCAG 2.2 AA criteria, and planning to carry out annual accessibility audits.

Library teams are working collaboratively with the University's Digital Accessibility Officer within ICT to ensure that this statement is current and remains compliant.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 25/03/2025.

It was last reviewed on 27/05/2025.

This website was last tested on 24/04/2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out internally by the Library Systems Developer.

The following pages were tested using automated testing tools by our team.

Test environments:

Accessibility Insights for Web (Automated and manual)

Keyboard only navigation

Chrome, Edge, IOS Voiceover, Android Voiceover, NVDA