[Eril-l] [EXTERNAL] Project Muse moving to EPUBS only? Accessibility question

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Hi Sarah,

This is something my institution noticed a couple of weeks ago and we
quickly contacted our Vendor Rep about it. I emphasized how problematic it
is for only EPUBs to be available for the same reasons you've pointed out.
>From what was shared with me, this (i.e. eBooks only providing EPUB access
and not PDFs) is a technical issue that they weren't aware of.

I would highly recommend contacting Support or your Vendor Rep about it to
make them aware of it as well.

Erika Boardman, UNC Charlotte

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:20 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion
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> Hi all
> So today we ran into our first Project Muse ebook that was only available
> to be read as an EPUB - it can't be read at all without using ADE.    This
> poses a huge problem for us, as ADE is not available on our campus
> computers and frankly, our university patrons by and large have found the
> use of ADE on personal devices to be more hoops to jump through and
> complicated then they wish to deal with.
>
> Looking at the Project MUSE FAQs, it appears that they are moving towards
> EPUB over PDF format and do not have an in-brower reader available.   So,
> this leaves their collections potentially off the table for us, as we would
> not want to purchase books that are not able to be read on campus machines.
>
> I also have concerns about the Accessibility of EPUB files going forward
> and the April 26th requirements;  as Project Muse does not provide
> accessibility information by title  (the title I am looking at is a 2026
> published title) .
>
> Has anyone addressed any of these concerns with PM -- the move to EPUBs
> (without a readable version, even by chapter, on screen) and / or the
> accessibility issues with EPUBs?
>
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