Case Study 5.2: Sydney University Press

Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya recently published a post detailing Sydney University Press’ “Journey to Accessibility.” After conducting an audit of accessibility for its ebooks, the university press began incorporating accessibility metadata and ARIA attributes into its XHTML workflow. In addition, the press now contractually obligates authors to complete alt text prior to submitting manuscripts.

Sydney University Press suggests one model for engaging authors in accessibility work—in this case, using book contracts.