Accessibility is one of the fundamental principles of publishing and disseminating content in a world where the majority of our interactions take place through digital means...However, accessibility is not just an ambition: in many jurisdictions, it is now a legal requirement with legislation stating that materials cannot be adopted by institutions like universities without meeting a certain accessibility level. This has made accessibility a significant focus area for academic publishers and libraries alike.
Second ISSN National Centre and ISO 3297 registration agency to launch in 2021 is in Austria
Austria will open the 92nd national centre in the ISSN Network: the Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels (the Austrian Publishers and Booksellers Association), in Vienna, will host the ISSN National Centre for Austria starting April 1st, 2021.
Jisc launches toolkit to help new university presses to publish open access
Funder policies surrounding open access have led to a revival in university presses in the UK and overseas. A 2017 report found that in the past five years, 21 new university presses (NUPs) have become operational and this number may rise to 30 over the next five years.
Casalini Libri and Fondazione LIA for Accessibility
The LIA Foundation for Accessible Italian books was established in 2014 from the shared desire of the Italian Publishers Association and the Italian Blind and Visually Impaired Union to make digital content accessible to all potential readers.
"OA Diamond Study", a collective work undertaken by a group of 10 organisations commissioned by Science Europe and cOAlition S to explore open access journals that are free for readers and authors, and better ways to support them in the future.
European Commission launches Open Research Europe platform, makes scientific papers free to all
F1000Research platform has the contract to support the programme which presents the results of research funded by Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme for 2021-2027.
The MIT Press Launches MIT Open Publishing Services
MIT Open Publishing Services (MITops), working with its partner the Knowledge Futures Group, provides a portfolio of services including peer review support and editorial development; professional copy editing and design; marketing and publicity; and hosting on the PubPub open source platform.
The MIT Press launches open access collection of 34 classic architecture and urban studies titles
The digitization program makes out-of-print works by George L. Hersey, Richard Freedman, Mark Jarzombek, Moshe Safdie, Peter Rowe, Galen Cranz, Arthur Pulos, Gilbert Hubert, and others available as ebooks for the first time.
Louvre museum makes its entire collection available online
The Louvre museum in Paris said Friday it has put nearly half a million items from its collection online for the public to visit free of charge.LibraryMarketing@sagepub.co.uk
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