Ask the Expert #3 – Webinar

We kindly invite interested employees of public and university libraries and publishers to join the APACE team on Tuesday 17 December 2024 online and pose your questions to our expert, Francesco Pandini, about accessibility in lending platforms of public and university libraries.

Join us on 17 December, 11.00h – 12.00h (CET)

In a fully accessible digital publishing ecosystem, lending platforms play a key role as they allow users to lend accessible e-books through a mainstream library system in collaboration with publishers. To achieve full accessibility, every player of the digital publishing ecosystem has to play its role, including libraries’ lending platforms. This approach ensures that digital lending is inclusive and widely available.

Our accessibility expert

Francesco Pandini, who serves as the Project Manager and Training Manager at MLOL (MediaLibraryOnLine), Italy's pioneering network of public, academic, and school libraries focused on digital lending, will be available to address participants' questions. This session provides a unique opportunity to gain insights and deepen understanding of the accessibility landscape within digital lending platforms and how they can better serve all library patrons.

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The session will be held online (Zoom) and in English. Your registration will be final and confirmed when you receive the Zoom link to participate. Please register to join the Ask the Expert session here:

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Save the date! Next APACE events

• January 2025. Ask the Expert. Topic: distribution of accessible e-books, metadata
• 31th of March 2025. Live meet up at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
• April/May 2025. Ask the Expert. Topic: image description
• June 2025. European Accessibility Summer School
• November 2025. Ask the Expert. Topic: quality assurance

More information about the APACE project and upcoming events can be found on the European Accessibility Directory.

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Ask the expert - Webinars

If you are a publishing professional or interested in learning more about accessibility, this type of event format is a unique opportunity to engage with experts in the accessibility field and ask them questions on specific topics. Each “Ask the Expert” event is a one-hour webinar, allowing participants to explore a specific topic in-depth and pose questions to the experts. During registration, participants are encouraged to submit in advance questions related to the event topic.

About APACE

APACE (Accelerating Publishing Accessibility through Collaboration in Europe) is a medium-scale cooperation project co-funded in the framework of the Creative Europe programme for a duration of 24 months (January 2024 – December 2025).

The APACE network aims to enhance the capacity of the European publishing industry in the accessibility field, filling the current gap of competences and creating a new generation of professional experts. In order to uncover possible challenges and discuss possible solutions, it organizes a number of online and in person events.