Purpose
Provides publishers and institutions with a comprehensive view of accessibility metadata across their digital assets. This dashboard surfaces the completeness of accessibility claims at both the portfolio and title level, enabling users to identify gaps, monitor metadata tier distribution, and evaluate accessibility readiness for assets with active sales, upcoming Access Program adoptions, and active Explore Subscriptions.
Report Notes
The access filter will automatically filter the report to show products that are:
Owned by the user’s Publisher company ID (for publishers)
Adopted by the user’s Institution ID (for institutions)
Results are limited to items with adoptions in the last 18 months and have a current or upcoming adoption
Data presence is based on the accessibility metadata provided by the publisher. Where a ‘null’ is present, accessibility metadata has not been sent for that category.
Definition of filters
Filter Name | Description | Usage Notes | Dashboard Tab | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VBID | Unique identifier for the item (VitalSource’s unique identifier) | Use to search for a specific item or for many items. You can easily copy/paste multiple values. This can be completed through copying a column of ISBNs or VBIDs from an excel-like document or copying ISBNs or VBIDs separated by commas.
| Accessibility Details, Access Program Accessibility Claims, Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Product Format | Format of the item (i.e., epub or pdf) | Narrow results based on accessibility review criteria | All | ||
Copyright Year | Copyright year of the item | Narrow results to a specific copyright year | All, except Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
BISAC | BISAC category for the item | Narrow results to a specific BISAC category | All, except Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Publisher | Publisher owner (Manage company) of the product | Narrow results to a specific publisher company (if applicable).
Note, filter is limited to companies that the system user is associated to. | All | ||
Publisher (Parent) | Parent publisher to the publisher owner (Manage company) of the product | View results across multiple children companies | All | ||
Institution | Name of institution (Manage company name) | Narrow results to a specific institution | Access Program Accessibility Claims, Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Institution (Country) | Country the institution is located (2-character code) | Narrow results to a specific country | Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Subscription ID | Subscription VBID | Narrow results to a specific subscription | Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Subscription Name | Subscription Name | Narrow results to a specific subscription | Explore Accessibility Claims | ||
Asset Item Name | Name of the asset | Narrow results to a specific assets | All, except Insights Overview | ||
Accessibility Metadata Tier | Reflects the completeness and specificity of the accessibility metadata provided for a title | Narrow results to specific metadata tiers | All |
Definition of tiles
Tile Name | Description | Dashboard Tab | ||
| 1 | Assets with Accessibility Claims | % of all assets that have at least 1 claim v. no claims | Insights Overview | |
| 2 | Assets w/ Accessibility Claims by Inventory Status | Count of assets with at least 1 claim v. no claims by inventory status | Insights Overview | |
| 3 | Upcoming Adopted Assets w/ Accessibility Claims (Access Programs only) | % of assets that have at least 1 claim v. no claims within an access program in an upcoming term (see: Access Program Accessibility Claims tab) | Insights Overview | |
| 4 | Assets with Sales and No Accessibility Claims | Count of all assets with sales with no claims | Insights Overview | |
| 5 | Assets with Claims by Metadata Tier | Visual representing the count of assets by metadata tier | Insights Overview | |
| 6 | Assets in Active Explore Subscriptions | % of assets that have at least 1 claim v. no claims within an Explore Subscription (see: Explore Accessibility Claims tab) | Insights Overview | |
| 7 | Accessibility Details | Provides a full list of assets with related metadata tier and human-readable claims to review
| Accessibility Details | |
| 8 | Access Program Accessibility Claims | Provides a specific view of assets with sales and/or are adopted for upcoming terms with their related accessibility claims and sales units and metadata tier.. | Access Program Accessibility Claims | |
| 9 | Explore Accessibility Claims | Provides a detailed view of assets within active Explore Subscriptions with their related accessibility claims and metadata tier. | Explore Accessibility Claims |
Definition of fields
Field Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Accessibility Metadata Tier | Reflects the completeness and specificity of the accessibility metadata provided for a title — not an evaluation of accessibility or a compliance determination
| |
Accessibility Summary | Accessibility summary provided for the digital publication | |
Additional Accessibility Information | Additional accessibility information related to the digital publication | |
Asset Author(s) | Author name(s) associated with the asset | |
Asset Name | Name of the asset | |
Asset Publisher | Publisher of the asset (Manage company name) | |
Asset VBID | Manage VBID of the asset | |
Conformance | Accessibility category that indicates which conformance standards the digital publication claims to meet | |
General Information | Denotes if the material is a tagged PDF | |
Hazards | Accessibility category that indicates any potential hazards that could affect users | |
Imprint | Imprint used to identify the product (provided by Bookstore) | |
Institution | Name of institution (Manage company name) | |
Institution Country | Country the institution is located (2-character code) | |
Item ID | Item adopted | |
Item Name | Name of the item adopted in Connect | |
Legal Considerations | Information on exemptions or exceptions for accessibility in a jurisdiction | |
Navigation | Accessibility category that indicates any navigation features | |
Next Term Start Date | Date of the next term the asset will be used in | |
Product Format | Format of the item (i.e., epub or pdf) | |
Publisher | Publisher owner (Manage company) of the product | |
Rich Content | Accessibility category that indicates any math or chemical formulas or information rich images such as charts, diagrams, or graphs in the content | |
Sales (Last 18 Months) | Total units sold in the last 18 months | |
Subscription End Date | Date the subscription ends | |
Subscription ID | Subscription VBID | |
Subscription Name | Subscription Name | |
Subscription Start Date | Date the subscription begins | |
Upcoming Adoption | Name of the adoption catalog | |
Ways of Reading | Accessibility category that indicates how the content facilitates access related to visual adjustments, nonvisual reading (read aloud speech or dynamic braille), and prerecorded audio |