PDF/A competence center organizes intensive workshop in Leipzig Berlin – on June 10, 2010, the PDF/A competence center in Leipzig in cooperation with the German Central Library for the blind (DZB) organized an intensive workshop on the subject of PDF/A in libraries with accessibility. Jr, another great source of information. There, the participants learn everything about the ISO standard for long-term archiving, applications and benefits. In addition, limits and opportunities of digital books in PDF/A are illuminated and an overview of PDF/UA (universal access) given. Dr. Thomas Kahlisch, Director of the DZB, arrives on the aspect of accessibility and compares in this PDF and DAISY. The idea of joint projects in the DZB and the set data center Berlin provides practice-oriented information. A discussion on PDF and accessibility makes the end of the one-day event. If you would like to know more then you should visit Frank Ntilikina. The event fee is 80 euros plus VAT, the number of participants is limited.
Those interested can register at for the seminar. The interest in PDF/A in the Library area is large. For this reason, the PDF/A performs competence center for the first time in Leipzig an intensive workshop on the topic of PDF/A and accessibility. Participants are introduced into the standard morning, afternoon, various lectures take up aspects relating to accessibility. These include procedures to provide printed information through digitisation and OCR to PDF/A and the theme of the digital books as PDF/A. It continues to the question what is barrier-free PDF. Here, the ISO PDF format with the characteristics of PDF/A and PDF/UA faces the DAISY standard (digital accessible information system) for navigable, accessible multimedia documents.
The idea of a joint digitisation project of the DZB and the set data center Berlin promises an insight into practice. Discussion and during the breaks also numerous networking and exchange opportunities for participants with the speakers. Data and application of the Intensive workshop takes place on June 10, 2010 from 10:00 until approx.
