Taylor & Francis has strengthened its ongoing commitment to accessibility by joining the DAISY Consortium's Inclusive Publishing Partner program, an initiative supporting organizations around the world to produce content that is accessible to all.
Members of this initiative share the vision of a world in which people have equal access to information and knowledge regardless of their reading requirements. To support this vision, the Inclusive Publishing Partner program provides publishers and technology companies with extensive expertise, tools and advice. This includes insight into the latest developments in standards, reading solutions and practices globally. By participating, these organizations are also supporting the continuation of DAISY's mission: to develop global solutions for accessible publishing and reading.
Through its industry-leading accessibility program, Taylor & Francis has a range of ongoing initiatives to ensure its platforms, eBooks and journal articles are as accessible as possible. Active involvement in DAISY's Inclusive Publishing initiative will also give Taylor & Francis staff the opportunity to share their experience and to learn from allies in the accessible publishing community.
"The DAISY Consortium is delighted to welcome Taylor & Francis to the Inclusive Publishing Partner program where we look forward to collaborating with them on their accessibility journey," said Richard Orme, CEO of The DAISY Consortium. "We can all learn from each other and this new relationship with Taylor & Francis will build upon our strong friendship. With upcoming legislation around the globe, it is more important than ever that we all work together to establish best practice and methods of working that will improve the accessibility of digital content for all readers."
"The DAISY Consortium does fantastic work and our accessibility program has already greatly benefited from access to their tools and resources," said Stacy Scott, Head Of Accessibility at Taylor & Francis. "Accessibility needs to be permanent priority for every publisher, as we respond to evolving technology, standards and legislation. Being a DAISY Inclusive Publishing Partner will help us get ahead of new developments and ensure we continue to offer the highest quality reading experience for all our sites' users."
Taylor & Francis continues to invest in the development and delivery of its accessibility strategy, including the recent appointment of an additional colleague dedicated to this activity. Jennie Mather, Accessibility Officer, has joined the team to monitor accessibility performance and coordinate audits to ensure the whole publishing portfolio meets required standards and is fully inclusive.
Taylor & Francis is a Global Certified Accessible Publisher and signatory of the Accessible Books Consortium and Publishing Accessibility Action Group UK charters. It has now made over 175,000 eBooks and one million journal articles available in EPUB3, the most accessible format, and added alt-text image descriptions to over 3,500 articles and 8,500 eBooks.
About the DAISY Consortium
The DAISY Consortium is a not-for-profit global collective of organizations committed to delivering worldwide change to achieve the common vision that "People have equal access to information and knowledge regardless of disability; a right confirmed by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."
DAISY contributes to mainstream standards, develops guidelines to promote best practices, raises awareness of accessible reading systems and supports open standards and tools for inclusive publishing.
DAISY is managed by a Board made up of representatives from all Full Member organizations. The Consortium is constituted as a not-for-profit association under Swiss law and is also registered in the United States as a 501(c)3 non-profit.
About Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis supports diverse communities of experts, researchers and knowledge makers around the world to accelerate and maximize the impact of their work. We are a leader in our field, publish across all disciplines and have one of the largest Humanities and Social Sciences portfolios. Our expertise, built on an academic publishing heritage of over 200 years, advances trusted knowledge that fosters human progress.
Our 2,500+ people, based in a global network of offices in more than 15 countries, use their skills and the latest technology to curate, validate and share impactful advanced, emergent and applied knowledge. Under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and F1000 imprints, we publish 2,700 journals, 8,000 new books each year and partner with more than 700 scholarly societies.