[nabs-l] Etextbooks

Tue Sep 10 23:39:06 UTC 2013

Arielle,
its my understanding they deal with the DSO only, not individual students.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Arielle Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:33 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks

So then can individual students request books from Access Text Network
or does the school's DSO have to be the one to make the request? What
if a student doesn't have a DSO at their school or doesn't want to
rely on somebody else to make the request for them? (especially if
it's a last-minute request and the DSO staff are swamped with other
stuff)

Arielle

On 9/10/13, Dan Burke <dburke at cocenter.org> wrote:
> The Access Text Network is free to colleges, but they have to sign up.
>
> When they sign up and request a book for a student, they are required to
> affirm that the student has shown proof of purchase.  Even so, a school
> won't always make you show that proof.
>
> As to the cost of the book and lack of resale value, VR can and should pay
> for textbooks as part of an IPE.
>
> BTW, resale to the college bookstore is not often very rewarding.
>
> Best,
> Dan
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miso Kwak
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 11:11 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks
>
> My school's osd (office for students with disabilities) will scan any
> book too as long as I make the purcahse for the textbook which I can't
> resell in the end because they take the spine off of the book to scan.
> I am trying to be economically efficient here... as well as efficient
> in general, meaning I want to get the material in the quickest way
> possible.
> P.S: I haven't started my classes yet because my school is on the
> quarter system. I have about 2 weeks until the first day of school.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 9:16 pm
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks
>
> My university will scan any textbook. Have you checked if disabled
> students
> services will do that?
>
> Suzanne
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Miso Kwak <kwakmiso at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Minh,
>> Thank you for the response.
>> I am aware of the Access Text website, but not the university access
> with
>> the publishers.
>> Do you know if it's necessary for students to purchase the hard copy
>> before requesting the pdf file?
>> Miso Kwak
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> >
>> Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 7:40 pm
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks
>>
>> Hey Miso,
>>
>> Have you heard of the access text network? It's a program where
>> universities can sign up and request pdf's of textbooks from
>> publishers. You can find out more information at accesstexts.org. I've
>> been able to find all of my textbooks through ATN and the files are
>> always readable. The only online textbook provider that I had personal
>> experience with is CourseSmart. It's a website where you rent your
>> books and then access them online. Apparently, there is an accessible
>> feature that the provider can turn on for students that use screen
>> readers, but I was never able to make it work for me. Honestly it was
>> a waste of my time trying to figure it out; I used both internet
>> explorer and firefox to trouble shoot it with no success.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Minh
>>
>> On 9/9/13, Miso Kwak <kwakmiso at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> College students,
>>> Could you provide me some feedback on your experience of using
>>> etextbooks?
>>> Which websites or programs are most accessible?
>>> I would like to hear feedback on websites that are available to both
>>> sighted and visually impaired students. I am asking because one of
>>> textbooks is not available on Bookshare, NLS and Learning Ally but
>>> available on websites like Chegg.
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>> Miso Kwak
>>>
>>>
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