Guidance

The following are a curated list of available guidance documents and knowledge bases for accessible publishing. They are neither courses to complete, or models/frameworks to structure work, or checklists to structure auditing and remediation. all of which are available in other areas of this Open Accessibility book. Instead they are details of established best practice that serve as introductions to accessible publishing, authored by key organisations within the more general publishing space.

Accessible Books Consortium - Best Practice Guidelines for Publishers

Accessible Books Consortium - Starter Kit

Accessible Publishing Learning Network - Introduction to Born-Accessible Ebook Production

Accessible Publishing Learning Network - Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born-Accessible Ebooks

Accessible Publishing Learning Network - Quality Assurance of Completed Ebooks

Accessible Publishing Learning Network - Introduction to Accessible Ebook Production – Reflowable Ebooks

Accessible Publishing Learning Network - Introduction to Third-party Production of Born-Accessible Ebooks

DAISY Accessible Publishing Knowledge Base

Association of University Presses - Accessibility Guidance

Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Special Interest Group for Accessibility - A coherent approach for academic publishing

AccessiblePublishing.ca - Accessible Publishing Best Practices

Institute of Professional Editors Limited - Books without barriers: a practical guide to inclusive publishing