{"id":23002,"date":"2021-02-10T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=23002"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:36","slug":"u-m-first-university-press-named-as-benetech-global-certified-accessible-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/10\/u-m-first-university-press-named-as-benetech-global-certified-accessible-publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"U-M first university press named as Benetech Global Certified Accessible publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/u-m-press-benentech-600x239.png\" alt=\"U-M press &amp; benentech logos\" class=\"wp-image-23005\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.press.umich.edu\/2021\/01\/university-of-michigan-press-named-benetech-global-certified-accessible-publisher-first-university-press\/\">University of Michigan Press is now a Benetech Global Certified Accessible\u2122 (GCA) publisher, and is the first university press to receive this certification<\/a>.\u00a0Benetech, a nonprofit that empowers communities with software for social good, issues this accreditation to those publishers who produce EPUBs that meet a full range of accessibility features required to support readers with and without disabilities and learning differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur work towards becoming an accessible publisher required many hours of discussion, hard work, and collaboration inside and outside our organization,\u201d said Jonathan McGlone, front end developer &amp; UI designer of Michigan Publishing, which houses University of Michigan Press. \u201cIn the end, accessibility touched every corner of our organization. It has been exciting to see many at the Press become accessibility champions and experts in our work towards certification.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Michigan Press is now a Benetech Global Certified Accessible\u2122 (GCA) publisher, and is the first university press to receive this certification.\u00a0Benetech, a nonprofit that empowers communities with software for social good, issues this accreditation to those publishers who produce EPUBs that meet a full range of accessibility features required to support readers with and without disabilities\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/10\/u-m-first-university-press-named-as-benetech-global-certified-accessible-publisher\/\">Read More 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