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Appoint a person to co-ordinate accessibility, who could be a dedicated accessibility professional or someone who has a wider portfolio of work that includes accessibility too. However, it's also important to remember that some accessibility work will be compl...

Plan technical digital accessibility training and support the identified staff to develop skills.    Introductory Guidelines and Courses Accessible Books Consortium’s Accessible Publishing Best Practice Guidelines for Publishers Accessible Books Co...

Once relevant staff have been identified and trained, some organisational accessibility objectives can be devised through requirements gathering exercises. Any organisation should aim to meet legal minimum requirements, but it's possible to be exempt from that...

Audit the current accessibility of all aspects of the organisation, including the frontlist and backlist book files, the website functionality and the backend submission platform. You could complete this yourself using self auditing, or employ an external audi...

Improving accessibility requires dedicated time and money, and a full consideration of where this can be diverted to accessibility goals will help with planning. It is likely that you will have some idea of how long book production tasks take, and how much ext...

Capturing the results of identifying objectives, auditing, and analysing resources might happen across a range of internal documentation that could include: an accessibility policy, updated author guidelines, the roadmaps and strategic plans created in Section...

We recommend that frontlist and backlist/remediation are considered separately, and that separate plans are also created for the website including the backend submission process.  Book files Frontlist / Born Accessible Book files Backlist / Remediation The ...

Publish accessibility statements and roadmaps on the organisation's website, and include VPATs and public policies if that is decided on. Accessibility Statements VPATs

Incorporate planned accessibility improvements into workflows and complete the plan.

Audit the accessibility and organisational knowledge at regular intervals within the plan to showcase improvements.

The ITI Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is a free template that translates accessibility requirements and standards (e.g., in Section 508 and other legal frameworks) into actionable testing criteria for products and services. Users should test ...

Having a documented policy about how you want the organisation to handle accessibility might be a useful tool. If your press has more individuals involved, uses external partners more often or doesn't yet have a strong organisational buy in for accessibility, ...

If not already, including accessibility requirements within author submission guidelines is recommended, and even if this is already something in place, then this guidance can help optimise the advice you give to authors. Authors are often the best person to h...

Accessibility FAQ for Books at JSTOR Publishers

Submission Accessibility Guidelines at JSTOR Publishers