aserl-accessibilityig Mailing List: LAA Webinar: Accessible Publishing at the University of Michigan Press: Compliance Challenges, VPATs, AI Experiments, and More

[Belmont, Sara (sjbelmont]

Hello ASERL colleagues,
I'd like to share an upcoming webinar from the Library Accessibility Alliance 
that may be of interest:

LAA Webinar: Accessible Publishing at the University of Michigan Press: 
Compliance Challenges, VPATs, AI Experiments, and More
February 6th, 2025, from 2-3 PM EST

Registration for this session is required.<https://z.umn.edu/LAAVPATWebinar> 
Let us know if you are attending<https://z.umn.edu/LAAVPATWebinar>. This 
session will be recorded, captioned, and shared on the LAA 
website<https://www.libraryaccessibility.org/events>. By default, we provide 
live captioning and ASL interpretation. Please let us know what additional 
accommodations we can provide. Advanced notice (February 6th, 2025) will help 
us to better fulfill requests.

Details:
Join the Library Accessibility Alliance for an insightful webinar, "Accessible 
Publishing at the University of Michigan Press: Compliance Challenges, VPATs, 
AI Experiments, and More," with Jonathan McGlone on February 6th, 2025, from 
2-3 PM EST!
Discover how the University of Michigan Press, certified accessible by the 
Benetech Global Certified Accessible Program in 2021, is tackling the challenge 
of making their back-list eBooks accessible.
Learn about the latest accessibility requirements and how U-M Press and other 
publishers are addressing these through VPATs, automated remediation, AI image 
description generation, and more. Jonathan McGlone, an academic librarian, 
specializes in making digital scholarship, especially eBooks and innovative 
digital publications, more accessible. He has been with Michigan Publishing and 
U-M Press since 2012, focusing on user research for the Fulcrum publishing 
platform and accessibility initiatives. Don't miss this opportunity to stay 
ahead in the evolving landscape of digital publishing!





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Sara Belmont
pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Director of Library Communications, Web and Design
W&M Libraries | William & Mary
sjbelmont [at] wm.edu
(757) 221-3105

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