Help and accessibility of the bpi.fr website

Compliance Status – Partial Accessibility (October 2025)

The Bibliothèque publique d’information (Bpi) is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with Article 47 of Law No. 2005-102 of February 11, 2005.

To this end, the Bpi is implementing the following strategy and actions: the 2024–2026 Multi-Year Digital Accessibility Plan and the 2026 Digital Accessibility Action Plan.

This accessibility statement applies to the bpi.fr website.

The bpi.fr website is partially compliant with the General Framework for Improving Accessibility (RGAA) due to the non-conformities listed below.

Test results

The RGAA 4.1.2 compliance audit conducted by Numerik-ea reveals that:

67.21% of the RGAA 4.1.2 criteria are met.

In detail:

  • Number of criteria met: 41
  • Number of criteria not applicable: 45
  • Number of criteria not met: 20

Inaccessible content

The content listed below is not available for the following reasons:

Non-compliance

List of non-compliant criteria:

  • 1.3: For each image that conveys information and has a text alternative, is that alternative relevant (except in special cases)?
  • 3.1: On each web page, information must not be conveyed solely through color. Is this rule followed?
  • 3.2: On each web page, is the contrast between the text color and the background color sufficiently high (except in special cases)?
  • 3.3: On every web page, do the colors used in interface components or informational graphic elements provide sufficient contrast (except in special cases)?
  • 6.1: Is every link self-explanatory (except in special cases)?
  • 7.1: Is every script, where necessary, compatible with assistive technologies?
  • 7.3: Can each script be controlled using a keyboard and any pointing device (except in special cases)?
  • 7.5: On each web page, are status messages correctly rendered by assistive technologies?
  • 8.7: On each web page, is every language change indicated in the source code (except in special cases)?
  • 8.9: On each web page, tags must not be used solely for presentation purposes. Is this rule followed?
  • 9.1: On each web page, is the information structured through the appropriate use of headings?
  • 9.3: On each web page, is each list correctly structured?
  • 10.7: On each web page, for every element that receives focus, is the focus indicator visible?
  • 11.1: Does every form field have a label?
  • 11.5: In each form, are fields of the same type grouped together, if necessary?
  • 11.10: In each form, is the input control used appropriately (except in special cases)?
  • 11.11: In each form, is the input control accompanied, when necessary, by suggestions that make it easier to correct input errors?
  • 11.13: Can the purpose of an input field be inferred to facilitate the automatic filling of fields with the user’s data?
  • 12.8: On each web page, is the tab order consistent?
  • 13.3 On each web page, does every downloadable office document have an accessible version, if necessary (except in special cases)?

Content not subject to accessibility requirements

  • Files available in office document formats published before September 23, 2018;
  • Third-party content that is neither funded nor developed by the organization in question and is not under its control.

Date of this accessibility statement

This statement was issued on October 27, 2025.

Technologies used to build the website

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript

Testing environment

Web pages were tested using the following combinations of web browsers and screen readers:

  • NVDA, Firefox
  • JAWS, Firefox
  • VoiceOver, Safari

Tools used during evaluation

  • WCAG Contrast Checker​
  • HeadingsMap​
  • Web Developer​
  • ARC Toolkit
  • PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker)

Web pages that were subject to compliance verification

  1. Contact us
  2. Legal notice
  3. Accessibility (general page)
  4. Login page
  5. My account
  6. Home page of the bpi.fr institutional website
  7. Subscription to the Bpi’s newsletters
  8. Job applications, jobs, and internships
  9. Article page on the Bpi website: Accédez à de nombreuses ressources depuis chez vous 
  10. Search results page
  11. My account, personal information
  12. Bpi website accessibility page

Feedback and contact

If you are unable to access content or a service, you can contact the site manager to be directed to an accessible alternative or obtain the content in another form.

Contact :

  • Send a message: Contact form
  • Contact: lecture-handicap@bpi.fr

Remedies

This procedure is to be used in the following case.

You have reported to the website manager an accessibility defect that prevents you from accessing content or one of the services of the portal and you have not received a satisfactory response.