HOMEVision, Mission, Goals
Vision
The DAISY Consortium envisions a world where people with print disabilities have equal access to information and knowledge, without delay or additional expense.
Mission
The DAISY Consortium's mission is to develop and promote international standards and technologies which enable equal access to information and knowledge by all people with print disabilities and which also benefit the wider community.
Goals
We have identified seven major areas for goals and strategies which will guide the work of the DAISY Consortium over the next few years. These are:
1. Standards
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium will focus on standards that have the greatest possibility for worldwide adoption with a view to long term development and sustainability. It will ensure that the DAISY standards incorporate and/or take into full consideration, identified emerging technologies. Working and/or partnering with the W3C and ISO will provide the greatest potential for worldwide acceptance of the standard.
2. Tools
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium will foster the development of validation and production tools, and intelligent reading systems. We will strive to build a vendor neutral approach to ensure that our Members and all concerned non-member organizations and companies in the world have access to high quality software from a wide variety of sources.
3. Advocacy, Awareness, and Worldwide Implementation
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium will continue to promote the DAISY standards among organizations serving persons with print disabilities. We will demonstrate the effectiveness and promote the adoption and implementation of the open non-proprietary DAISY standards among mainstream publishers, governments, libraries and manufacturers of consumer hardware and software. We will advocate internationally for the adoption of policies that encourages publishers and all other providers of information to adopt accessible practices that support access to information which is a fundamental human right.
4. International Library, Lending, and Exchange
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium will take a leadership role and collaborate with IFLA-LBS and the WBU and other stakeholders to influence international copyright laws and best practices in the legal sharing of materials, and to establish an inclusive, global, accessible digital library.
5. Developing countries
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium encourages initiatives in developing countries that make DAISY content available. The "DAISY For All" project has been the primary developing countries activity supported by the DAISY Consortium. The DAISY Consortium encourages organizations in developing countries to collaborate on the implementation of DAISY in their countries. A supportive and enabling fee structure based on World Bank classifications was introduced in 2007 to assist organizations in developing countries to join the DAISY Consortium.
6. Communication
Strategy
The DAISY Consortium will reengineer its approach to communication to clearly explain why DAISY is a better way to read and a better way to publish, and how to deliver publications and information the DAISY way. The "DAISY Knowledge Network" will be developed and implemented as a new and innovative way to build a community approach to maintain knowledge. The design will focus on knowledge sharing within the entire community engaged in the implementation of the standards. Our messaging will target leaders in the information society to advocate policy change and legislators to influence copyright and publisher responsibilities.
7. Organizational Structure
Strategy
The Daisy Consortium strives for worldwide recognition of the organization and to gain members and attract friends from all over the world. The Daisy Consortium aims to strengthen collaboration world wide and reflect its broad international scope by organizing its activities with respect for democracy, transparency and efficiency. The DAISY Consortium will first attempt to recruit resourceful and qualified staff members from, in principle, any member organization.
