News & Events

Here you will find all the latest news as well as upcoming and previous events.

Congratulations to ABC Excellence Awards Winners 2021

Many congratulations to the winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing, announced today at The Frankfurt Book Fair event […]

Charleston Conference 2021

November 1st to 5th, 2021

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in […]

IMS Learning Impact Conference 2021

October 4th to 7th, 2021

The annual IMLS Learning Impact conference brings together leaders across K-12, higher education, corporate learning, and edtech who are inspiring and achieving the new […]

EPUB Accessibility: EU Accessibility Act Mapping

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU directive that establishes accessibility targets to be met by many different types of products and services in order […]

Inclusive Publishing Partner RedShelf Wins 2021 Publishing Software of the Year

Many congratulations to Inclusive Publishing Partner, RedShelf, who have been awarded the 2021 Publishing Software of the Year Award in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards […]

Accessibility is Good For Business: at the ALPSP Conference

September 15th to 17th, 2021

The Association Of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)‘s Annual Conference on September 16 includes this session on accessibility featuring Simon Holt (Elsevier), Alan Maloney (SAGE Publishing), Agata Mrva-Montoya (Sydney […]

Avneesh Singh Re-Elected to W3C Advisory Board

Many congratulations to Avneesh Singh, Chief Operating Officer at The DAISY Consortium, who has been re-elected to the W3C Advisory Board, as reported in W3C’s announcement. The […]

Accessibility Metadata-A Digital Textbook Superhero! RedShelf Webinar for GAAD

May 20th, 2021

Join Inclusive Publishing Partner, RedShelf, on May 20th as they recognize Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) by unmasking the powers of accessibility metadata. Learn […]

Free DAISY Webinar: Exploring Reading App Accessibility

April 21st, 2021

There are many different apps for reading digital publications. How do you know which offer the accessibility features you need, and which to avoid? […]

New Releases: Ace By DAISY

The DAISY Consortium are pleased to announce new releases for both versions of the Ace By DAISY EPUB accessibility checking tool: the Command Line […]