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<p class="MsoNormal">In an earlier July thread to the group, Susan Kelmer raised an important topic about quality of books in alternate format repositories.
<span lang="EN-US">Susan wrote: “I may sound like a broken record, but Bookshare files are of questionable quality in most circumstances, with a vast array of missing information and a lack of formatting that is normally expected as a standard in an accessible
file.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As a Web & UX librarian, book reading experiences are very important to overall library experiences. Recently I was a co-chair of an assessment working group looking at the Accessible Content eRepository (ACE) in the
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). (disclosure: I work at a library within the OCUL consortium). The report stated: “</span>Although eBooks and journal articles are now expected to meet accessibility standards3, ACE books do not” <span lang="EN-US">and
“</span>ACE does not offer quality assurance for remediation.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since then, <span lang="EN-US">I’ve heard OCUL has adopted recommendations from the report. I note they are working on a
<a href="https://ocul.on.ca/aiml-program">project to support remediation</a> with ACE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any comments or thoughts about quality assurance programs at alternate book format repositories out there?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Weiler, PhD (he & him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">JAWS certified and Web Accessibility Specialist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Web & User Experience Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wilfrid Laurier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Waterloo, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">548-889-5056<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Notices
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Upcoming</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<a href="https://library.wlu.ca/events"><span style="color:#0563C1">Laurier Library workshops & events</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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