Learned Publishing, the journal of the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers, published in collaboration with the Society for Scholarly Publishing, has dedicated its current edition to accessibility. Guest editor Bill Kasdorf (ApexCovantage) is passionate about all aspects of accessibility and chairs the Content Structure Committee at the Book Industry Study Group (BISG). Read by publishers, librarians, academics and others working in publishing around the world Learned Publishing has a fully international authorship.

“As confirmed in this special issue, accessibility is no longer a fringe topic — instead, publishing in a manner that is accessible to all is central to our purpose. All articles in this special issue will be freely available throughout 2018, as we believe the articles here will be a go-to reference point for all publishers, those with committed accessibility roadmaps and those just beginning to integrate accessibility into publishing workflows. This issue represents what we can do when we come together to address why and how our community can better serve all readers.” – Lettie Conrad, North American Editor of Learned Publishing

Articles include:

• Making Accessibility more Accessible to Publishers – Lettie Conrad and Bill Kasdorf
• Evaluating ebook Platforms: Lessons from the ebook Accessibility Audit – Alistair McNaught, Ruth MacMullen, Sue Smith and Vicky Dobson
• Why Accessibility is Hard and How to Make it Easier: Lessons from Publishers – Bill Kasdorf
• Accessibility at JSTOR: From Box-checking to a More Inclusive and Sustainable Future – Lauren Trimble
• Benetech Global Literacy Services: Working Towards a ‘Born Accessible’ World – Brad Turner
• Towards Universal Accessibility: The UK Policy Landscape and Supporting Technology – Emma House, Richard Orme and Mark Bide
• An Overview of Content Accessibility Issues Experienced by Educational Publishers – Frederick Bowes III
• Making Materials Accessible to Students in Higher Education Institutes: Institutional Obligations, Methods of Compliance, and Recommendations for Future Action – Jamie Axelrod
• Publishing with Accessibility Standards from the Inside Out – Madeleine Rothberg
• Beyond the Mandates: The Far-reaching Benefits of Multimedia Accessibility – Violaine Iglesias
• CAL Download – an Innovative Approach to Making Books more Accessible – Jo Burges
• The Secrets of Failing Better: Accessible Publishing at SAGE – Huw Alexander and Caroline Manis
• The ScienceDirect Accessibility Journey – Ted Gies
• How Publishing has Helped and Hindered me: Experiences and Advice from a Blind Reader and Publisher – George Abbott
• Do you have a Broken Link in your Accessibility Chain? – George Kerscher

The full table of contents is available at:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.2018.31.issue-1/issuetoc