Procurement of digital publishing distribution services

Dear DPUB accessibility folks, and BISG accessibility folks,

Sorry for cross posting.

I have a favor to ask. I have been requested to provide guidance to
education boards in their purchase of digital publications  and the systems
around their delivery throughout the school system.

Of course, accessibility is a fundamental requirement in the whole chain,
e.g. website, discovery and relevant metadata, reading systems on all
platforms, high quality educational materials, and shared annotations.

Publishers are working hard to develop rich content in EPUB and using the
EDUPUB profile. It is essential that the rich content be preserved and
passed along in the distribution system. In addition, educators want to
produce materials for this distribution system.  The need to provide
enhancements for persons with disabilities is yet another factor.

I have not seen a document that provides this type of guidance. If you are
aware of such a document, please send information to Kerscher @montana.com

Best
George

George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Secretary General, DAISY Consortium
http://www.daisy.org
Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally Together It's Possible 
http://www.LearningAlly.org 
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 
http://www.idpf.org
Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)
http://www.imls.gov
Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the
W3C 
http://www.w3c.org/wai 
Phone: +1 406/549-4687
Cell:+1 406/544-2466 
Email: kerscher@montana.com

Received on Saturday, 19 September 2015 16:37:27 UTC