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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Ahead, DSSHE-L, and Athens,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry for cross posting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Publishing Community Group at the W3C has just released the guidelines for displaying accessibility metadata for published materials. Today both VitalSource and RedShelf are providing this accessibility metadata in their online catalogs. It would be wonderful to have everybody use this accessibility metadata before they select a title for a course. Please also forward this to the library folks on your campus, because the libraries should be doing the same thing in their library searches.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMO this is a really, really big deal, and if we demand this accessibility metadata from all publishers, it can drive the market to Born Accessible published materials.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read about it at inclusivepublishing.org at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/user-experience-guide-for-displaying-accessibility-metadata/">https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/user-experience-guide-for-displaying-accessibility-metadata/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy to answer any questions here or in the library space.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=188 height=215 style='width:1.9583in;height:2.243in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7BEAB.F033A340" alt="Drawing of a guide dog in harness sitting looking up at a dangling rope in front of a mountain wall. Credits, Outdoor Life."><o:p></o:p></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/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.daisy.org</span></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/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.benetech.org</span></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/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.idpf.org</span></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/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.imls.gov</span></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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.w3.org/WAI</span></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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>kerscher@montana.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>