Describing Visual Resources Toolkit
Describing Visual Resources for Accessibility in Arts & Humanities Publications
This project was made possible by generous support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the University of Michigan Library, and the University of Michigan Press. Portions of this toolkit were developed during a Describing Visual Resources Workshop at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor in December, 2016. For questions, feedback, or opportunities to get involved, …
Promoting Reuse of Existing Description Use the description you already develop to support accessible publishing. If you develop and maintain language describing the visual resources to which you hold or manage the rights, you can promote the accessibility of those visual resources by supplying descriptive language when responding to requests to reproduce visual resources. Incorporating …
Resources for Accessible Publishing Learn how and why to adopt accessible publishing practices in your organization. Several initiatives have created resources to help publishers work toward more accessible publishing practices, and excellent resources are freely available online. Incorporating Image Accessibility into Editorial Processes Promote effective and accessible use of visual resources. Editorial processes and policies …
Incorporating Image Accessibility into Editorial Processes Promote effective and accessible use of visual resources. Editorial processes and policies can be used to promote the effective and accessible use of visual resources at every stage — from manuscript submission, to editing, to peer review. Guidelines for Describing Visual Resources in the Arts and Humanities Promote quality …
Guidelines for Describing Visual Resources in the Arts and Humanities Create quality description by following guidelines and reviewing examples. Experts from many fields came together to define guidelines for describing visual resources in arts and humanities publications. These guiding principles will help you approach description in your work. Glossary Understand the technical components of visual …
Background Background on why we need accessible digital publications for people with print disabilities and how this project developed. Guidelines for Describing Visual Resources in Arts and Humanities Publications Guidelines designed to guide authors and editors creating description of visual resources for accessibility in arts and humanities publications. Includes the following sections: Glossary Basic Principles …
The description of visual resources is a crucial component of accessible digital publications, as it affords access to the information contained in images for the many people with disabilities that affect reading, and for all the technologies that interact with publications when indexing, searching, or converting text to speech. Description makes visual resources more discoverable …