[nabs-l] Book help for college

Emma Mitchell emitchell927 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 30 16:37:59 UTC 2016


What is DOR?

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> On Jul 30, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Cricket Bidleman via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> In addition to this, the Department of Vocational Rehab will cover the
> cost of at least some books, and there are certain scholarships that
> will do the same. If you're not yet connected with the DOR, I suggest
> working on that ASAP; their policies may be a tad strange at times,
> but they have tons of helpful resources. The DOR is not available to
> most sighted students, and that in conjunction with the many resources
> available to only blind people makes us very lucky indeed ... After
> all, someone has to pay for the books to be put online, someone has to
> pay for them to get transcribed, etc. Even under the odd circumstance
> that you do have to pay for some of your books personally, it's good
> practice ... And it's virtually guaranteed that your personal textbook
> costs will be at a bare minimum in comparison to most (if not all) of
> your sighted peers. Hope this helps!
> 
> Best,
> Cricket Bidleman
> 
>> On 7/30/16, Angela  via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I agree, although some books are available on book share, you should have to
>> buy the books that are not available. Cited students have to buy them no
>> matter matter what, so you should consider yourself lucky if your book is
>> available on book share.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 30, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sighted students have to buy the books, so it's really not unreasonable
>>> for you to need to buy them as well.  Though as a blind person you do have
>>> access to books on Bookshare, and if you know what your books are going to
>>> be several months in advance, you can request Bookshare to produce them
>>> for you.  Some books are also available as e-books through IBooks,
>>> GoogleBooks, etc., which are at least partially accessible. The only
>>> problem with e-books, and many bookshare books that were provided by
>>> publishers, is that they often are not paginated, which makes them
>>> difficult to cite.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Emma Mitchell via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:33:36 -0400
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Book help for college
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> What do you do for school books? My university converts them for me in to
>>> a word document but in order for them to be converted the physical book
>>> has to be rented or bought. My question since physical books are
>>> inaccessible how can I save money and get the access I need?
>>> 
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