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Webwords AwardedJodi Mattes Accessibility Award

26th July 2005 Barrie Andrews

Webwords has recently notched up a prestigious national award as an "outstanding example" of website accessibility in libraries.
The judges for the Jodi Mattes awards said: "Webwords allows users glimpses into a book, much like browsing printed books does, and has the enormous advantage that it can be used by almost any library in the country."
Andrew Lewis, e-Services Officer for Library and Information Services at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, said: "This biennial award is open to all museums, libraries and archives in England, so we are really pleased to be the outright winners."
The awards were presented at a recent ceremony in London by Chris Batt, Chief Executive of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), who said: "Our sector is doing relatively well in developing innovative, accessible websites. Across the board, museums, libraries and archives are above the national average - and the winners of this year's Jodi Mattes awards are outstanding examples of what can be achieved."
The Jodi Mattes Awards are co-ordinated by MLA in partnership with the Department of Museums Studies of the University of Leicester and the Museums Computer Group. City University organised user testing and the automated testing of the home pages of the short listed websites