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Open Book Accessibility for Librarians

Am I responsible for the accessibility of library content?

Responding to library user accessibility requests

Platform accessibility, and how this isn't relevant for OA content

Book file accessibility

Variable accessibility - whole publisher or individual book level

Evidencing accessibility - methods, what to look for

  1. Publisher declaration (VPATs, statements)
  2. Metadata
  3. Certification
  4. External auditing LAA
  5. Self auditing

Organisations that check accessibility for you

Talking to small OA publishers about accessibility vs talking to the big 5