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Considering what your accessibility goals are, and forming a plan or roadmap to achieve them, is an important part of accessibility work. Our strategic planning model features 10 steps split into 4 sections to help you devise a plan that works for your small p...

This type of work concerns making accessibility improvements to books that are about to be published. It will involve making changes to how your authors, typesetters and any external providers are required to work. The frequency with which you introduce improv...

This type of work concerns making accessibility improvements to books that have already been published. It will involve making changes to your existing book files, which might require getting in touch with authors.  Most legislation specifies a date, before w...

1. Front end for readers Your public facing website is also included within accessibility legislation, which usually requires WCAG AA compliance. For websites, the whole of WCAG applies, rather than the specific ebook checklist we have produced, where only th...

UK, EU and US legislation all require an accessibility statement to be published on the organisational website. See relevant legislation sections for details, templates, guidance and examples. UK Accessibility Statements EU Accessibility Statements US Acces...

AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) This functions as a 7 step management tool to help leverage all capacity at an organisation to map existing accessibility, devise roadmaps and check in on progress. This model has 5 “dimensions” that are ...

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Relevant Acts Equality Act 2010 is the legislation that states both public and private bodies cannot discriminate against those with a disability. It’s more rigorous for the public sector and there are increased reporting requirements. It doesn’t mention digi...

Relevant Acts The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the legislation that states both ‘state and local government entities’ (Title II) and private/business entities that are open to the public (Title III) cannot discriminate against those with a disabil...

Relevant Acts The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is the legislation that states some products and services need to be accessible to those with disabilities. It includes a wide range of devices and online based digital products and services including e-reade...

In this section, you will find a myriad of resources to support OA book publishing ranging from blog posts to practical experiences. This includes toolkits, websites sign-posting to resources, directories and case studies. The resources are grouped in what w...

An introduction to UKRI’s fund for longform outputs This is a guide for UKRI-funded authors on how to use the UKRI research fund to make their longform works immediately available open access (mandatory since early 2024). It sets out the available funding ...

AG Universitätsverlage (University Press Association) AG Universitätsverlage brings together publishers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol; its aim is to support publishers in representing their interests externally and to promote the excha...

Cookbook for Open Access books This book describes the experiences of setting up a community-based publisher, Language Science Press. It discusses the main principles of community-based publishing and gives a very granular breakdown of the different tasks. ...

Copim Open Book Futures Copim is a community of people, organisations, and infrastructures working towards equitable and sustainable open access for scholarly books. It takes a community-led and values-driven approach to these. It is also, from 2023-2026, a...

ASK UP Rotating presses give first hand experience answers. Also an FAQ section and list of previously curated answers. We like the idea, unsure how widely used it is.  Find out more Experimental Publishing Compendium A comprehensive online resource ...

Contracts in Publishing: A toolkit for authors and publishers Is it focused on journals or books? Does it matter? A comprehensive resource and not like anything else on the market (that we've been able to find). View the toolkit 

How to Start an Open Access Journal: 2024 Small Publisher Primer The Primer is a guide for those working with a scholarly society or institution to launch an OA journal in-house. It is a comprehensive resource for journals to flip to OA. Read the Primer ...

Around the World with the Open Access Books Network (OABN) A series of blog posts from the OABN which focus on OA books in a different country around the world, highlighting their regional experiences, problems and successes. This is an ongoing series that ...