[NABS-L] question about textbooks for college

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi=20Nesma,=20first=20of=20all,=20it's=20amazing=20that=20your=20disability=
=20office=20
can=20get=20you=20books=20so=20quickly.=20=20When=20I=20was=20in=20undergra=
d,=20it=20often=20
took=20much=20longer.=20=20I=20suggest=20talking=20to=20instructors=20as=20=
soon=20as=20
possible.=20=20They've=20almost=20certainly=20had=20to=20put=20book=20order=
s=20in=20
already,=20and=20the=20holdup=20is=20now=20the=20bookstore=20actually=20get=
ting=20the=20
books.=20=20Just=20tell=20your=20instructors=20that=20you're=20blind=20and=
=20so=20you=20
need=20to=20know=20early=20so=20you=20can=20get=20the=20books=20in=20an=20a=
ccessible=20
foormat.=20=20That=20also=20gives=20you=20some=20buffer=20time=20if=20there=
=20is=20an=20
issue=20with=20the=20publisher,=20which=20happens=20sometimes.=20=20Another=
=20thing=20
worth=20doing=20is=20checking=20if=20your=20university=20library=20has=20di=
gital=20
access=20to=20the=20books.=20=20It=20took=20me=20a=20long=20time=20to=20rea=
lize=20just=20how=20
many=20ebooks=20I=20can=20get=20for=20free=20from=20my=20library=20without=
=20going=20
through=20DSS=20or=20Bookshare=20or=20the=20like=20(basically=20all=20books=
=20
published=20in=20the=20last=20decade=20or=20so=20by=20Routledge,=20Springer=
,=20
Cambridge=20University=20Press,=20Oxford=20University=20Press,=20etc.=20are=
=20
probably=20available=20to=20you=20that=20way=20as=20accessible=20PDFs).

Best,
Karl

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From:=20nesma=20aly=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=206=20Jul=202020=2020:58:48=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[NABS-L]=20question=20about=20textbooks=20for=20college

I=20guess=20what=20I=E2=80=99m=20trying=20to=20ask,=20is=20how=20long=20bef=
ore=20the=20
beginning=20of=20the
semester=20should=20I=20be=20emailing=20professors=20asking=20about=20books=
=20if=20
they=E2=80=99re=20not
up=20on=20the=20Bookstore=20website=20keeping=20in=20mind=20the=20fact=20th=
at=20the=20
assistive
technology=20department=20is=20going=20to=20need=20two=20weeks=20to=20get=20=
books=20if=20
they=20are
not=20available=20elsewhere.

On=20Mon,=20Jul=206,=202020=20at=2020:38=20Keri=20Svendsen=20via=20NABS-L=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
wrote:

=20You=20can=20also=20have=20your=20disability=20services=20=20check=20out=
=20access=20
text.=20I=20try
=20to=20get=20my=20books=20a=20couple=20weeks=20ahead=20of=20time.

=20thank=20you,

=20On=207/6/2020=208:09=20PM,=20nesma=20aly=20via=20NABS-L=20wrote:
=20Hi=20NABsters,
=20I=20have=20a=20question.=20my=20assistive=20technology=20department=20at=
=20my=20
college=20says
=20that=20if=20a=20book=20can't=20be=20found=20on=20things=20like=20booksha=
re=20and=20
learning
=20allli,
=20that=20it=20will=20take=20up=20to=20two=20weeks=20to=20get=20it=20from=20=
the=20publisher.=20
I=20am
=20wondering=20how=20long=20in=20advance=20of=20the=20start=20of=20the=20se=
mester=20
should=20I=20be
=20looking=20at=20the=20bookstore=20for=20books=20before=20I=20worry?=20I=20=
had=20a=20
incident=20the
=20fall=20of=202019=20where=20I=20didn't=20know=20any=20of=20my=20books=20=
=20untill=20the=20
first=20day
=20and
=20was=20forced=20to=20give=20the=20department=20the=20rental=20receit.=20I=
=20would=20
love=20to
=20avoid
=20this=20from=20happening=20again.

=20thank=20you,

=20Nesma
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