Hi,
At Towson University in 2019, I thought about that question deeply. I then
simplified and updated the library floor maps, made a web-based directory
by floor (
https://libraries.towson.edu/using-the-libraries/building-directory), made
an audio tour with transcript for each floor with then-colleague who had a
great emcee voice, and described the process in an article for anyone
grappling with the problem in the future:
https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2019.1662357 . You can reach out to me
individually for a copy of the article and with any follow-up questions if
you like.

All the best,
Julia Caffrey-Hill

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM Julia Caffrey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
> At Towson University in 2019, we simplified and updated the library maps,
> made a web-based directory by floor
> <https://libraries.towson.edu/using-the-libraries/building-directory>,
> made an audio tour with transcript for each floor, and described the
> process in an article:
> https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2019.1662357
>
> All the best,
> Julia
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 18, 2026, at 1:38 PM, Snowden Becker <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Halie,
>
> I haven't used them personally, and have no idea what their pricing is
> like, but I was really impressed with the demos and lightning talk done by
> StackMap at the recent NASIG conference: https://www.stackmap.io/about-us.
>
>
> Best of luck to you in this effort! It's really worth doing, not just for
> compliance but for a fully welcoming experience for all of your library
> users.
>
> Cheers,
> Snowden
>
> Snowden Becker (she/her)
> LOCKSS Program Community Manager
> https://www.lockss.org/
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> (323) 365-9263 m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kerns,
> Halie
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 8:59 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Accessible Library Building Maps
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone done a successful revamp of their library building maps to make
> them accessible/WCAG compliant? We are weighing the options of creating
> HTML/image maps from scratch to tag with alt text or use an application to
> build interactive maps. Currently they are just PDFs created in Canva.
>
> I'm curious if anyone has dealt with this issue and the (ideally free or
> cheap) solution you devised.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Halie Kerns
> Systems & Technology Librarian
> Bridgewater State University
> [log in to unmask]
> she/her
>
>