The Accessibility Interest Group (AIG) has been working to educate, inform, contribute to, and advocate for accessibility in PKP software.
Mandate
- Keep stakeholders updated on the accessibility work underway at PKP.
- Solicit and direct community contributions towards PKP’s accessibility efforts through testing and documentation.
- Educate the scholarly publishing community on accessibility best practices.
- Advocate for change to improve accessibility in publishing software and practices.
Completed Projects
- Creating Accessible Content: A Guide for Editors and Authors – published a new PKP Docs guide and translated to Portuguese, Summer 2020
- OJS 3.3 Default theme Accessibility Statement – contributed to the content and helped with translations, August 2021
- OJS 3.3 Default Theme accessibility statement release – contributed to the PKP news update, August 12, 2021
- Celebrating the Steps Towards Accessibility in OJS – contributed to the PKP news update for the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, May 20, 2021
- Improving Usability, Inclusivity, and Accessibility in 3.3 – contributed to the PKP news update, February 19, 2021
- Is Your Journal Accessible? Working With Community to Make OJS Open for All – contributed to the PKP news update for the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, May 21, 2020
Current Members
- Mariya Maistrovskaya, University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada, Chair)
- Israel Cefrin, PKP (Ontario, Canada, PKP Liaison)
- Michelle Brailey, University of Alberta (Alberta, Canada)
- Ronnie Fagundes de Brito, IBICT (Brazil)
- Ramón Martins Sodoma da Fonseca, IBICT (Brazil)
- Raphael Raphael, University of Hawaii (Hawaii, USA)
- Sandi Shitanishi (Hawaii, USA)
- Patricia Mangahis (PKP)
- Kate Cawthorn (Alberta, Canada)
