Declaration of accessibility

Bochum University Library endeavors to make its website www.ub.rub.de and www.ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de accessible in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.

This declaration on accessibility applies to the website of Ruhr Universität Bochum, which can be accessed via the initial link https://www.ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Ruhr University Bochum is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
Ruhr Universität Bochum therefore endeavors to make its websites and mobile applications accessible to the public in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications.

Status of compatibility with the requirements

This website is partially compliant with the Federal and State Disability Equality Acts (BGG & LGG), the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Justification

The University Library of Ruhr University Bochum has a very extensive website with at least several hundred web pages. However, due to the disproportionate burden imposed by the federal and state equality laws, the website is not yet completely barrier-free. The technical implementation is being carried out successively.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This declaration was created on May 03, 2024.
Our website was created via BITV-Test independently by third parties from Academic Hero tested according to WCAG 2.1. You can view the complete test on the basis of this declaration in German here. The declaration was last reviewed on May 06, 2024.

Feedback and contact details

The University Library of Ruhr University Bochum is working on removing the existing barriers. If

• you encounter barriers when using the website
• Content that is difficult to access,
• content that violates the general recommendations for accessibility or is not compliant with WCAG,
• or content that is unclear and should be expressed or formulated differently,
• or have other questions about the implementation of accessibility,

please contact us via email: ub-webteam@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Alternatively, you can contact us by post:

Ruhr Universität Bochum
Universitätsbibliothek Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum

Enforcement and arbitration proceedings

If no satisfactory solution has been found after your feedback to the above-mentioned contact, you can contact the arbitration board for accessible information technology. The arbitration board has the task of supporting an out-of-court settlement of disputes between people with disabilities and public bodies on the subject of accessibility. The arbitration procedure is free of charge. No legal assistance is required.

The Ombudsman's Office of the Senate Chancellery is currently taking over the activities of the arbitration board, which has yet to be set up.
Contact details Ombudsman's Office for Barrier-free Information Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia at the State Commissioner for People with Disabilities
Telephone: 0211 855 34 51
ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-it@mags.nrw.de

Further information (added on 14.5.)

Switching the contrast
You can switch the contrast in the desktop version by clicking on the icon in the control bar on the right-hand side of the window.

To switch the contrast in the mobile version, select “Contrast” in the burger menu.