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Guidance

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

The following are a curated list of available guidance documents and knowledge bases for accessib...

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Standards - Specialised Mark Up Languages

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

DocBook DocBook is a markup language for publishing computing and other technical complex scient...

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Standards - Other Formats

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

DAISY - Digital Accessible Information System Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY), als...

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Standards - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Versions 2.0 2.1 and 2.2 Web Content Accessibility ...

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Legislation - Aotearoa New Zealand

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

New Zealand does not have specific accessibility legislation, but it does have a government manda...

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Legislation - Australia

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

Relevant Acts The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) is the main legislation that drives d...

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Legislation - US

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

Relevant Acts The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the legislation that states both ‘sta...

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Legislation - EU

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

Relevant Acts The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is the legislation that states some products ...

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Legislation - UK

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

Relevant Acts Equality Act 2010 is the legislation that states both public and private bodies ca...

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Auditing Advice

09. Open Book Accessibility CHECK

This page explains how to audit the current accessibility of all aspects of the organisation, inc...

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Other Frameworks, Models and Charters

09. Open Book Accessibility PLAN

The following are a curated list of available planning models or frameworks for achieving accessi...

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Long Term Accessibility - Plan the Future

09. Open Book Accessibility

Once you have completed the short-term accessibility tasks and are ready to think more fully abou...

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Discussing accessibility with small publishers

09. Open Book Accessibility

The current situation for academic librarians tasked with content acquisition is changing very fa...

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Standards - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

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Standards - PDFs

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

ISO 14289-1, better known as PDF/UA (Portable Document Format, Universal Accessibility), is aimed...

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Standards - EPUBs

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

EPUB Accessibility 1.1 addresses two key needs in the EPUB ecosystem: evaluation and certifi...

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Courses and Training Materials

09. Open Book Accessibility LEARN

The following are a curated list of available free courses and training materials on digital acce...

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Projects

02. Open Access Book Publishing: A Comp... Useful organisations, projects and plat...

Copim Open Book Futures Copim is a community of people, organisations, and infrastructures wor...

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University of Essex

03. Author Success Stories

The University of Essex website provides a dedicated Q&A on OA publication section with Essex aut...

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Certification

09. Open Book Accessibility PLAN

The following are a short list of service providers, who will certify ebook files as meeting acce...

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