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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2
APRIL 2024 TM
ISSN: 1043-2094
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
Accessibility: Metadata, Practices, Programs Guest Edited by Nettie Lagace
(Associate Executive Director, NISO) Begins on Page 12
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS ISSUE: Accessibility: Metadata, Practices, Programs................... 12 Breaking Down Barriers: Considerations for Improving Accessibility in Libraries.......... 14 Accessibility at Elsevier: A Collaborative, ContinuousImprovement Approach........... 18 Developing FRAME, EMMA, and ARM: Systems and Metadata for Sharing Resources Remediated for Accessibility....21 Accounting for Accessibility in Library Acquisitions: the Univ. of Tennessee Experience......... 24
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If Rumors Were Horses
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i everyone, happy spring! Lots to talk about here! Don’t forget to send your rumors to editors@against-the-grain. com for inclusion!
Events and Travel Leah Hinds attended the 2024 UKSG annual conference in Glasgow, Scotland, from April 8–10 along with around 800 others. There, she had the opportunity to catch up with several friends and colleagues in addition to attending the outstanding line-up of sessions and a lovely reception in the Glasgow City Science Center. Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager for CORE at the Open University, wrote up a great report on the event. Michael and Leah had a nice conversation there at the recommendation of Matthew Ismail, our former ATG the Podcast host and EIC for the Charleston Briefings. Keep an eye on the podcast for an episode from Michael coming soon! UKSG 2025 will be held in Brighton from March 31–April 2. The 2024 Fiesole Retreat is coming up soon from May 6–9 in Cape Town! This is the 24th annual meeting, and it will be focused on the theme of “Connecting Global South with Global continued on page 8
Bet You Missed It....................... 10 Reader’s Roundup..................... 27 Booklover.................................... 30 Legally Speaking....................... 31 Questions and Answers............ 34 And They Were There............... 36 Wandering the Web.................. 38 Libraries, Leadership, and Synergies.................................... 40 The Digital Toolbox.................. 46 Back Talk..................................... 54
INTERVIEWS Dan Doody.................................. 49
PROFILES ENCOURAGED People, Library and Company Profiles........................................ 51 Plus more...................... See inside