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Early Bird Rates End March 17 for April Start of Accessibility Essentials Series

Early Bird Rates End March 17 for April Start of Accessibility Essentials Series

March 2025

Are you ready for upcoming legislation on the accessibility of websites and scholarly content? Our in-depth training series on Accessibility Essentials (Thursdays, 11:00 am–12:30 pm EDT, April 3–May 22, 2025) will help participants meet regulatory requirements and ensure inclusivity across publishing and communication platforms. 

Hosted by accessibility experts, the training series will empower attendees with actionable insights and practical guidance on accessibility compliance for professionals in the information community. Attendees will come away with an operational understanding of what it means to engage in accessible publishing and methods to ensure their organizations are prepared to achieve accessibility compliance. The course will cover upcoming regulatory changes; accessibility standards and best practices; and human-centered web design. From production to public relations, Accessibility Essentials will be an invaluable resource for information practitioners, content or product development experts, and scholarly communications professionals. 

Event Sessions

Each session in the series will address a key question: 

  • What is inclusive publishing, and why do we care about accessibility? 
  • What are the legal ramifications for nonaccessible content, services, and other programs? 
  • How do we establish an inclusive publishing program? 
  • How do we establish an inclusive design program? 
  • How do we implement accessible web designs? 
  • How do we implement inclusive content production?
  • How do we retrofit backlist titles and remediate existing products?
  • What is our inclusive publishing strategy going forward? 

Training Facilitators: Lettie Conrad, Product Experience Architect for LibLynx and Instructor at San José State University’s School of Information, and Simon Holt, Senior Product Manager, Content Accessibility at Elsevier. 

Guest speakers include Will Awad, Founder, iAccessDigital, and Bridget Burke, Senior Front-end Developer and Accessibility Specialist, University of Michigan Library

For more information and to register, see the NISO website. Discounts are available for NISO Voting Members, Library Standards Alliance Members (including LSA Consortia Members), and groups. Register by Monday, March 17 for the best rates. 

We hope you’ll join us and take advantage of this unique opportunity to build your knowledge in a critical and evolving area in scholarly communications. Check our website for program updates, including additional guest speakers.

Abstract

For more information and to register, see the NISO website. Discounts are available for NISO Voting Members, Library Standards Alliance Members (including LSA Consortia Members), and groups. Register by Monday, March 17 for the best rates.