iansyst sponsors JISC TechDis Award for Accessibility

iansyst is proud to be a sponsor of the JISC TechDis awards for Accessibility

Many people find it difficult to access the world of books.  Whether through dyslexia, visual impairment or motor difficulties, thousands of ‘would be’ readers are destined to be ‘unable to’ readers.  However, commonplace technologies can transform access to books.  Where librarians and publishers work together to provide digital copies to disabled users, magnification, colour change, keyboard access and text to speech can transform the reading experience giving genuine independence to the user.

The publisher lookup awards seek to raise awareness and improve practice by offering

• librarians a chance to nominate publishers who have shown real professionalism in meeting requests for alternative formats - see JISC TechDis Library Award. Deadline Friday 3rd September 2010.

For more information about the Library award please see the press release.

• publishers a chance to nominate their own good practice where individuals or teams within the organisation have taken specific steps to address the needs of disabled users.  See JISC TechDis Publisher Award. Deadline 15th Feb 2010, nominations now closed.

For more information about the Publisher award please see the press release.

More information can be found at iansyst

created by: Joanna Paterson

published on: 03 Feb 2010