Understand the Accessibility of Content Before You Buy

Date & Time

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 1:20 PM PST  

Location

Grand GH  

Description

The “User Experience Guide for Accessibility Metadata” is a best practice report by the W3C Publishing Community Group. Today, distributors of digital publications such as Vital Source and RedShelf are displaying the accessibility metadata in their catalogues. Good publishers, but not all, are providing accessibility information for their publications. It is essential in Higher Education for professors and for DSO professionals to look for the accessibility metadata and to effectively use this accessibility information. This session will take a comprehensive look at how publishers can include Schema.org and ONIX accessibility metadata and how these get mapped into MARC records for library systems. The European Accessibility Act requires that publishers disclose the accessibility of their products, and this is now a best practice for all publishers around the world. We will then review the published recommendations for the interpretation and presentation of the accessibility metadata by content distributors such as Vital Source, RedShelf, and for libraries. We will dive into specific metadata fields to show how this can be used to determine if a publication will meet the needs of students with a wide range of disabilities. We will review best practices in the selection of content, and how a DSO office can easily use the accessibility metadata to determine if a publication will require remediation or if it should be appropriate for the students without additional work.

This Presentation Link is provided by the Presenter(s) and not hosted by the Center on Disabilities at CSUN. The Center on Disabilities has confirmed, as of March 10 2023, content linked is relevant to the presentation, but has not been reviewed for accessibility nor will the Center on Disabilities attempt to remediate any accessibility issues in the linked content. Please contact the Presenter(s) with any accessibility concerns.

 

Audience

• Higher Education
• Information & Communications Technology
• K-12 Education
• Media & Publishing

Audience Level

Beginning  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Today accessibility metadata is available for much of the published content used in Higher Education. Learn about where to find this essential metadata and how to determine if the publication will work for students with disabilities.  

Primary Topic

Digital Accessibility  

Secondary Topics

• Blind/Low Vision
• Captions & Transcription
• Design
• Education

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenters

• George Kerscher
  DAISY Consortium
• Charles LaPierre
  Benetech

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