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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear Ahead, Athens, and DSSHE-L,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sorry for the cross posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The DAISY Consortium has published a white paper encouraging the use of Born Accessible EPUB 3 files for corporate, government and university publications and documents. We believe this marks a point in time when the EPUB 3 format begins to work its way into the mainstream.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I encourage you to read the white paper, and to share it broadly, especially to decision makers in your company or organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Links to the White Paper in all formats:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://daisy.org/MDPWhitepaper">https://daisy.org/MDPWhitepaper</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The News article on the DAISY Website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://daisy.org/news-events/news/daisy-publishes-white-paper-on-the-benefits-of-epub-3/">https://daisy.org/news-events/news/daisy-publishes-white-paper-on-the-benefits-of-epub-3/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The Press release:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://daisy.org/info-help/document-archive/press-release-epub-3-the-strategic-solution-for-your-digital-documents/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George Kerscher Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.daisy.org">http://www.daisy.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.benetech.org/">http://www.benetech.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.idpf.org/">http://www.idpf.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.imls.gov/">http://www.imls.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI">http://www.w3.org/WAI</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: +1 406/549-4687<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com">kerscher@montana.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>