a window of opportunity 11/10/2015 ebooks accessibility and copyright

A window of opportunity

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The non-level playing field

Changes to disabled student allowances

DSA DSA

The e-book solution

Paper = problems

Digital = diversity• Anywhere• Instantly• Idiosyncratically• Creatively

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Text reflow with magnificationNot this …… or this …… but this ……

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Text to speechNot this …… but this ……

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Colour / contrastNot this …… but this ……

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NavigationNot this …… but this ……

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Getting the digital book.

From an aggregator / online library service?

From a publisher?

From institution created scans?

Your own?

Another?

A central service like Load2Learn?

From learner created scans?

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From an aggregator?

Dawson Era

EBL

MyiLibrary

Netlibrary

Palgrave

ProQuest Lit Online

Safari

Sage

Science Direct

Springer

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Several universities actively explored the accessibility of different platforms.

Findings:6 of these 11 have good accessibility.

Which are they?

The results ... so far

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High accessibility Some barriers Significant barriers

Dawson Era

EBL

MyiLibrary

Netlibrary

Palgrave

ProQuest Lit Online

Safari

Sage

Science Direct

Springer

Wiley

From a publisher?• Some excellent responsiveness (and speedy

service) among many UK based publishers..

• Check out www.publisherlookup.org.uk

BUT

1) May be reluctant to supply PDF if you are already subscribing to electronic collection (!)

2) May come with illegally restrictive licensing (probably due to inertia rather than malice)

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Opportunities for aggravation.

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Publisher says…You agree not to otherwise reproduce, use, sell, transmit, publish, broadcast, or otherwise disseminate or distribute the file (or any version modified for accessibility purposes) to anyone, including but not limited to other students with a print impairment at your or any other institution,

The law says ….. S31BA (2)(2) An authorised body which has made an intermediate copy of a work under this section may supply it to another authorised body which is entitled to make accessible copies of the work under section 31B for the purposes of enabling that other body to make accessible copies of the work.

From a scanned hardcopy

Institution

Cost ~ £600 / book

Kit – more efficient scanners = high costs

Competence – staff skills in OCR, proof reading, image description, symbols /maths.

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Other

Communities of practice

Professional links

Transcription service

Load2Learn

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Learner based DIY

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1) Mobile phone photo or screenshot.2) Add OneNote/ EverNote / GoogleDrive.3) Make text searchable.4) Get Alt Text.

Advice for suppliers

1) Make it easy for people to get legitimate access to text.

Technical Protection Measures can Trigger Prohibited Methods

2) Be honest and supportive. Tell people what you do well and save them time by signalling what you don’t do well.

3) Have an accessibility roadmap for your own products.

4) Liaise with other parts of the supply chain so they don’t undermine your good practice.

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Advice for institutions

Make accessibility a procurement criterion.

Check “product liabilities” before parting with money.

Ensure text to speech is installed across the network.

Ensure reading lists and ebooks work together

Ensure staff and learners know how to exploit the accessibility benefits of ebooks.

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Through the Window of opportunity

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PublisherIncreasing accessibility of raw files (EPUB, tagged PDFs)

AggregatorImproved interface and personalisation options. Intelligent DRM.

HEIsIntelligent procurement. Site wide text to speech.Disability aware reading lists.Load2Learn liaison.Learners

Awareness of accessibility options.Effective use of available tools.

Healthymarket

Find out more…

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Alistair McNaughtSubject Specialist, Accessibility

Alistair.McNaught@jisc.ac.ukjisc.ac.uk07443 984111

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