W3C, DAISY and NISO webinar: Advancing Digital Accessibility for Scientific & Technical Publications

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The 1st webinar in a series open to the public to advance the accessibility of scientific & technical publications

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Date:
– Eastern Standard Time
– UTC
Location:
online
Host:
The DAISY Consortium, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Website:
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The DAISY Consortium, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) are pleased to announce that they are partnering to support and advance the accessibility of scientific and technical publications to people with disabilities through a series of virtual public forums. 

Building on work initiated in 2024 by the U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), these meetings will seek to advance the goal of ensuring the digital accessibility of content.

Recognizing that advancing accessibility is a community effort, the three organizations will work to bring representatives from publishers, research societies, libraries, US Federal Agencies, institutional and government repository hosts, and others around the world together to share knowledge and support best practices. 

With a long history of leadership in both promoting accessibility and engaging the information and publishing communities, DAISY, W3C, and NISO are well positioned to pursue the vision for a more open, accessible, and inclusive future for science and innovation. Building upon the voluntary commitments of the three organizations, the effort will initially focus on the priority areas identified by OSTP:

  • Meet and surpass federal requirements for digital accessibility of publications.
  • Promote awareness of barriers to digital accessibility, advance training to reduce such barriers, and increase accountability for improving the digital accessibility of publications.
  • Promote improvement and use of platforms, apps, testing tools, and resources that facilitate the design, creation, production, interoperability, and user experience of accessible publications.

The goals of this initiative are to continue to build community around this effort, support ongoing voluntary actions, share knowledge, and help to catalyze support for the continuing advancement of best practices regarding the accessibility of scientific and technical content.