The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has awarded Dr. Sarah Morley Wilkins the Darleen Bogart BANA Braille Excellence Award in recognition of work in the field of Tactile Graphics, and for leading international work on the DAISY Music Braille…
Nominations Open – International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing 2023
Nominations are now open for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023. As in previous years, there are two categories for the awards, allowing both publishers and other initiatives to be celebrated for their work progressing accessibility in…
The DAISY Consortium Receives the Horizon Award from APH
During the annual conference of The American Printing House for the Blind, Dr. Craig Meador presented the DAISY Consortium with the Horizon Award. George Kerscher, Chief Innovations Officer for the DAISY Consortium, was proud to accept the award on behalf…
George Kerscher Awarded NISO Fellow for Lifetime Achievement in Information Access
Congratulations to George Kerscher, DAISY Consortium Chief Innovations Officer, for being awarded NISO Fellow for Lifetime Achievement in Information Access. George was presented with the award at NISO Plus 2021 which was attended virtually. In his acceptance speech, George said:…
WordToEPUB Wins ALPSP Award
The DAISY Consortium is proud to have been named a winner of the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2020 for our work on WordToEPUB. This ground-breaking new tool offers a free, simple and straightforward method of converting structured Word…
WordToEPUB Tool Shortlisted for ALPSP Innovation in Publishing Award 2020
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) have announced today their list of finalists for the Innovation in Publishing Award 2020 and we are delighted to announce that the DAISY Consortium tool WordToEPUB has been shortlisted. This ground…
ABC International Excellence Award 2020 Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards who were announced yesterday. The worthy winners are Macmillan Learning in the publisher category and Fondazione LIA for the initiative category. Both winners are applauded for their achievements…