For several years, JISC TechDis has been working with publishers to clarify accessibility issues and raise awareness of the needs of people with disabilities. JISC TechDis is pleased to announce two awards in recognition of the work of publishers in this area: the Publisher Award and the Library Service Award. We are delighted that these awards are being sponsored by Dolphin and iansyst – companies with proven track records in supporting disabled users to access learning in a variety of formats.
See Press Release for JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Awards 2010.
The first award for reshaping business processes was presented to Elsevier at the London Book Fair last April.
The second award, for e-text services, will be presented at the CILIP Digital Information Conference
in October and is aimed at publishers who have been nominated by library staff for their excellent service in supplying books in alternative formats.
The JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Award for Library Service seeks to identify and commend publishers whose responsiveness to requests brings significant benefits to disabled learners.
The vision of the award is to raise awareness of the benefit of digital formats for disabled users so that everyone – learner, tutor, support worker and publisher – can be better equipped to use technology to transform learning opportunities.
We are encouraging library staff, learner support staff, tutors or
learners themselves to nominate publishers who have shown high levels
of professionalism, support or involvement in meeting your needs for a
book in an alternative format.
To nominate a publisher for the Library Service Award please complete the quick and easy questionnaire at Library Service Award.
Alternatively users of screen readers may down load and complete the
following Library Service nomination form (doc - 53 KB) and
return to admin@techdis.ac.uk.
Elsevier, a leading publisher of science and health information, has
won the first ever
JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Award announced at the
London Bookfair on Wednesday, 21st April 2010.
The JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Award for Accessibility seeks to identify and commend publishers who have developed workflows, practices, protocols or organisational structures that maximise their ability to be able to respond to the needs of disabled customers.
The vision of the award is to highlight the art of the possible, illustrating how changes to business processes can create added value for customers with particular requirements.
Publishers have been encouraged to nominate themselves if they have specifically highlighted accessibility in their business processes. Examples might include streamlining the enquiries process, training technical and production teams in disability issues, creating accessible workflows, embedding accessibility into e-Book platforms etc. The road to truly inclusive publishing is a long one and these awards are looking, not for perfection but, for steps along a journey. We have been delighted to hear from publisher who have started making such steps.
Nominations for this award for 2010 have now closed. Thank you to everyone who nominated.
The awards were presented at the London Book Fair at 13:00-14:00 on 21 April 2010 in the Wellington Room, Earls Court 1.
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