[nabs-l] college ebooks question

Mark J. Cadigan kramc11 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 20:23:35 UTC 2014


You can always go to an office supply store and get the book rebound for 
something like $5. Once rebound, I have been able to sell the books to 
another student or the book store no problem.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Suzanne Germano" <sgermano at asu.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:15 PM
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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