Guest Post – Beyond Open Access, Part II: Make Images Truly Accessible for All
Today’s guest authors offer practical tips for publishing high-quality image descriptions, a key step toward ensuring genuine accessibility in scholarly communications.
Guest Post — European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance
The deadline for the European Accessibility Act compliance is rapidly approaching. Here we discuss the challenges scholarly organizations face in achieving EAA compliance — and the strategies they’re implementing to address them.
Paywalls are Not the Only Barriers to Access: Accessibility is Critical to Equitable Access
Digital accessibility to the scholarly communications process is core to providing equitable access to the literature.
Guest Post — European Accessibility Act: Working Toward Compliance and Beyond
Today’s post puts the spotlight on the European Accessibility Act (EAA) directive and how different organizations are getting ready to make their publications and services EAA compliant.
An Action Plan for Accessible Images: Practical Solutions for Publishers, Platforms, and Providers
Accessible images deliver an inclusive reading experience and unlock the numerous benefits of data-rich accessible images. This post summarizes a 2022 SSP panel offering practical solutions for ensuring scholarly image collections and in-line graphics are fully accessible to all readers.
#ProTip for Authors: There’s More to Writing Your Manuscript Than Just the Text
Authors need to understand more about producing web documents, particularly accessibility, if they want to forgo traditional publishing.
Thinking about the Art and Science of Image Description: An Interview with textBOX Founders
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the folks at textBOX can help publishers present that descriptive text (“alt-text”) to the online world, meeting key accessibility and discoverability demands.