Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Resources

Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM

Accessibility in Context

Accessibility & Publishing, Stephanie Rosen, 2018

Accessibility in Publishing (video), SSP 2021 Webinar Series

Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing, The Scholarly Kitchen

Best Practices and Guides

Accessible Publishing Best Practice Guidelines for Publishers, Accessible Books Consortium

BISG Guide to Accessible Publishing, Book Industry Studies Group

DAISY Accessible Publishing Knowledge Base

EPUB Accessibility 1.1 Specifications, W3C

PPN Accessibility 101 for Publishers (video), Publishing Professionals Network and BookShare

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, W3C

Best Practices for Mathematics Content

Author Guidelines for Preparing Accessible Mathematics Content, American Mathematical Society (AMS), European Mathematical Society (EMS), London Mathematical Society (LMS), and SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)

Accessible PDFs with LaTeX, Overleaf

Creating Tables

Video: Create Accessible Tables in Word, Microsoft

Tips to designing accessible tables, Rick Hansen

How to Build an Accessible Table, Dallas College

Describing Visual Resources (Alt Text)

Describing Visual Resources Toolkit, University of Michigan Library

How to Write Alt Text and Long Descriptions, Routledge

Image Description Guidelines, Diagram Center (Benetech)

Write helpful Alt Text to describe images, Harvard University Information Technology

Step-by-Step Instructions for Writing Alt Text, University of South Carolina

Integrated Software Tools

Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro), Adobe

Word Accessibility Checker, Microsoft

Google Workspace Accessibility Guidance

Grackle Slides, Google Slides accessibility checker (extension)

File and Website Validation

EPUBCheck, W3C

PDF Accessibility Validator, PDF Accessibility Validation Engine (PAVE)

CommonLook PDF Validator

WebAIM Color Contrast Checker

Website Accessibility Checker, PAC

eScholarship Help Center Articles

Creating Accessible Articles: Author Checklist

Optimizing PDF content for display in eScholarship (Accessibility & Compatibility)

Accessibility Requirements for eScholarship Journals Authors

California Digital Library Resources

OAC/Calisphere: Submitting Supplemental PDF Finding Aids

University of California Libraries Digital Reformatting Guidelines