ProQuest announces audio-described video inclusion to improve accessibility for visually impaired users - July 24, 2020
ProQuest has announced the addition of audio descriptions to its most-watched video titles in the Academic Video Online and ProQuest OneTM Academic platforms, making educational streaming video more accessible to visually impaired users. Audio description adds narration… Read More
Accessibility developments drive Taylor & Francis Online towards WCAG 2.1 level AA - April 23, 2020
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has updated its Accessibility Statement to confirm major steps towards achieving level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG). WCAG standards are set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a globally adopted standard ensuring websites are useful… Read More
Springer Nature and PubChem partner to improve accessibility to material and property data - March 19, 2020
Springer Nature has announced a partnership with open access database PubChem, hosted by the US National Institute of Health, to enable researchers to quickly identify reliable property information of materials and links to primary research. Springer Nature’s materials and properties database, SpringerMaterials serves researchers in… Read More
EBSCO eBooksTM named top e-book platform provider in 2020 ASPIRE Accessibility Audit - March 13, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been named one of the top e-book platform providers in the ASPIREverified Accessibility Audit with the first-ever perfect score of 100 percent. This honour recognises an organisation’s commitment to improving the content and communication of its accessibility… Read More
Northwestern University Press joins initiative to diversify academic publishing - March 1, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a four-year, $1,205,000 grant to the University of Washington Press to support the continued development and expansion of the pipeline program designed to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. This new grant… Read More
ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce renamed as Kaleidoscope program - January 31, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce has been renamed as Kaleidoscope program. The name Kaleidoscope signifies responsiveness to fluid landscapes, needs, and cultures, which is an important element of diversity, equity, and inclusion in research libraries and in society… Read More
EBSCO eBooks named top e-book platform provider in 2018 Jisc ASPIRE Accessibility National Audit - November 20, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been ranked the number one e-book platform provider out of 54 e-book platforms audited in the 2018 Jisc ASPIRE Accessibility National Audit. This honour recognises organisations committed to improving the accessibility of digital platforms and the information provided to end users,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education improves accessibility of its learning materials for US college students - August 10, 2018
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has reached several new milestones in its expanded 'Affordability & Outcomes' program, aimed at improving student savings and driving better learning outcomes. The company now covers nearly the entire marketplace with its textbook and eBook rental program with the addition of… Read More
SPEC Survey webcast on Accessibility and Universal Design - May 10, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2018. … Read More
ProQuest Ebook Central platform enhances accessibility for researchers - December 19, 2017
ProQuest® Ebook Central has enhanced its accessibility support to make content, including scholarly ebooks, easier to read and navigate, ensuring all researchers have equal access to its interface and content regardless of challenges, such as visual impairment. Developed in collaboration with specialists and designed for… Read More
