[PDFlist] [spevi-list] FW: ABC news item - Call for Nominations - 2021 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing and project initiative

Sat May 22 12:48:26 +12 2021

Thank you, the world blind union facts are very useful as I will be interviewed on Monday by A Current Affair on Braille books and lack thereof, this is in conjunction with Braille House Brisbane (check out their website for further info). If anyone has any other specific statistics on Braille use in Australia please email these through.

Thank you

Laura Garcia

On 22 May 2021, at 9:43 am, Martine <martine.the1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Hi all,
Circulating this notice to all in my role as Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) Board Member:
Please find below the link as well as the content pasted, to the ABC news item, calling for nominations for the 2021 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing.  There will be two awards, one re accessible publishing and one to do with a project initiative in that space. You’ll also be able to see more info about the work of the ABC. Grateful if you can circulate and tweet to the news item.  See also the LinkedIn post, which we would invite you to share widely.

https://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/news/en/2021/news_0005.html<https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessiblebooksconsortium.org%2Fnews%2Fen%2F2021%2Fnews_0005.html&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf5f5f0f27d1f479446fb08d91cb2331d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637572373956809604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=uYcNAHbgNn7pWR2tQmqXi%2FHtZnc539tzeVEmURnSt0g%3D&reserved=0>

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wipo_call-for-nominations-abc-international-excellence-activity-6783319521580077056-EGvf<https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2Fwipo_call-for-nominations-abc-international-excellence-activity-6783319521580077056-EGvf&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf5f5f0f27d1f479446fb08d91cb2331d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637572373956819600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=u3txEAR14a66xxxP13ekwch9Iy3g5tpEP0prvgQPLUk%3D&reserved=0>

The ABC award will be presented for the first time at a ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 20, 2021.  WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2021: Call for Nominations
April 1, 2021
Nominations are now open for the Accessible Book Consortium’s (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, which recognizes a publisher and a project initiative that each demonstrate outstanding leadership and achievements in advancing the accessibility of commercial e-books or other digital publications for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled.
The winners of this prestigious annual award will be announced during a ceremony on October 20, 2021 to be held for the first time at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF). The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and FBF signed an agreement for collaboration between the two organizations in 2020, including a provision on the issue of accessibility.
Nominations in the publisher and project initiative categories should be completed on the attached application form <https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessiblebooksconsortium.org%2Fdocs%2Fnomination_form_for_abc_international_excellence_award_2021.docx&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf5f5f0f27d1f479446fb08d91cb2331d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637572373956829593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=juS8oLDk%2FZRcWuV8n8hOi1bqiGxlhOZbBNnSXhQjEQQ%3D&reserved=0>
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 and mailed to Accessible.Books at wipo.int<mailto:Accessible.Books at wipo.int> by Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
Past ABC award winners in the publisher category include Macmillan Learning (2020), EDITORIAL 5 (2019), Hachette Livre (2018), SAGE Publishing (2017), Elsevier (2016) and Cambridge University Press (2015). Winners in the project initiative category include the LIA Foundation - Italy (2020), ekitabu - Kenya (2019), Daisy Forum of India (2018), Tilfolexos - Argentina (2017), Action on Disability Rights and Development – Nepal (2016) and Young Power in Social Action – Bangladesh (2015).
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Photo of the 2020 ABC International Excellence Award.
The final decision of the selection panel, composed of experts in the field of accessibility, will be based on the following criteria:
· an organization-wide commitment to making content available in accessible formats;
· accessibility standards built into production systems to make books accessible on, or close to, publication date;
· collaboration with partners in the supply chain to ensure that accessibility is maintained in delivering the product to the print disabled end-user;
· innovative practices established to advance the accessibility of e-books and digital publications; and
· widespread positive impact on persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled.
ABC encourages nominations of companies, organizations or individuals based in developing or least-developed countries.
Background
According to a 2018 World Health Organization estimate, approximately 253 million people are blind or visually impaired world-wide. More than 90% of these are resident in developing countries, where the World Blind Union (WBU) estimates that people who are blind have only a one in ten chance of going to school or getting a job. A lack of accessible books remains a very real barrier to getting an education and leading an independent, productive life. The WBU estimates that less than 10% of all published materials can be read by blind or low-vision people.
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