Accessibility in Government Archives: ADA Title II and What It Means for You

One complaint from one constituent can trigger a DOJ investigation. For state archives, ADA Title II is not a website problem. It is a records governance problem and the deadline is here.

PDFs, legacy documents, born-digital files, and public access portals are all in scope. The archived content exception is narrower than most institutions expect. All four DOJ criteria must be met simultaneously. If your holdings do not meet every one of them, the exception does not apply.

This session brings together a practitioner navigating this in a real government archive and digital preservation specialists to examine what a credible, defensible response actually looks like.
You will leave with:

*A clear understanding of the archived content exception and exactly where most archives fall short

*A way to assess which of your records carry the greatest compliance exposure

*A practical view of what preservation-led readiness looks like: governance, discoverability, and long-term access as the foundation

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