[nabs-l] college ebooks question

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

hello Suzanne ,

I am familiar with the practices of this particular college, and I know they 
do not remove the binding of the book if they need to scan it. This is why I 
recommended this course of action for him. however, you are correct that not 
all colleges do this, so it is always best to speak with your college in 
regards to whether or not they follow this practice.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

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From: "Suzanne Germano" <sgermano at asu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:15 PM
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] college ebooks question

> His school might remove the binding. My school does so we cannot sell back
> the books.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke 
> <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hello John,
>>
>> I am not sure why the college would deny you in-class assistance without
>> providing copies of book receipts since these two things are not related.
>> Perhaps you simply contacted them too late into the semester, and you
>> cannot receive in-class assistance for your specific classes due to
>> scheduling conflicts. The only times I have found in-class assistance
>> necessary is when doing peer review for writing classes along with math 
>> and
>> science classes. Otherwise, I do not see why this would be necessary for
>> straight lecture classes.
>>
>> As for your textbooks, I am not quite sure why you are expecting to
>> receive them for free. The college does not tare off the binding, so you
>> can re-sell your books at the end of the semester. If you do not wish to
>> purchase your books, you could either search for the books on Bookshare, 
>> or
>> check them out in the library and scan the books yourself. I am not quite
>> sure why you are expecting something for free simply because you happen 
>> to
>> be glind.
>>
>> Finally, I do not see any reason why you cannot take your own notes in
>> class regardless of what kind of technology you may or may not have 
>> access
>> to at your fingertips. I have been using a slate and stylus to take class
>> notes for quite some time now, and it has worked well enough for me 
>> despite
>> my poor Braille skills. If you learned Braille early on in life, then I 
>> do
>> not see why this could not be an option for you as well. Sometimes we 
>> have
>> to make due with the tools we have on hand rather than what we think 
>> would
>> be the most ideal tool for the job.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>> From: "John Sanders" <sandersj6 at att.net>
>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:19 PM
>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>> I have a question:  I'm currently attending Lansing Community College 
>>> and
>>> the Office of disability services department is saying that if I want to
>>> have a inclass assistant and have my textbooks translated in to etext, I
>>> need to buy the books and show the receipt that I had bought the books.
>>> Why is this required?
>>> I hope to hear from you soon.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> John Sanders
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