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What Opening the Future is NOT, and the importance of working with libraries in good faith
This is not a transformative agreement which links institutional support of a Press to their ow...
What is Opening the Future?
It is a revenue model utilising a Press' closed backlist to fund the open access frontlist. T...
Organisations
AG Universitätsverlage (University Press Association) AG Universitätsverlage brings together p...
Introduction: What will I find here?
In this section, you will find a myriad of resources to support OA book publishing ranging from b...
Copim Compass. A guide
This toolkit is the output of one of Copim's Open Book Futures project deliverables: to establish...
Standards - Other Formats
DAISY - Digital Accessible Information System Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY), als...
Standards - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Versions 2.0 2.1 and 2.2 Web Content Accessibility ...
Legislation - Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand does not have specific accessibility legislation, but it does have a government manda...
Legislation - Australia
Relevant Acts The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) is the main legislation that drives d...
Legislation - US
Relevant Acts The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the legislation that states both ‘sta...
Legislation - UK
Relevant Acts Equality Act 2010 is the legislation that states both public and private bodies ca...
Auditing Advice
This page explains how to audit the current accessibility of all aspects of the organisation, inc...
Other Frameworks, Models and Charters
The following are a curated list of available planning models or frameworks for achieving accessi...
Long Term Accessibility - Plan the Future
Once you have completed the short-term accessibility tasks and are ready to think more fully abou...
Standards - PDFs
ISO 14289-1, better known as PDF/UA (Portable Document Format, Universal Accessibility), is aimed...
Standards - EPUBs
EPUB Accessibility 1.1 addresses two key needs in the EPUB ecosystem: evaluation and certifi...
Courses and Training Materials
The following are a curated list of available free courses and training materials on digital acce...
Projects
Copim Open Book Futures Copim is a community of people, organisations, and infrastructures wor...
Certification
The following are a short list of service providers, who will certify ebook files as meeting acce...
The Principles
These Principles serve as a statement of our ethical values concerning accessibility within small...