[NABS-L] question about textbooks for college

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello nesma,

Please forgive my misunderstanding. I do not have any experience contacting professors to receive a list of the textbooks they are going to use for the class. Instead, they are already entered into a textbook database that can be searched both on my college website as well as a local bookstore website. 

Again, the earlier you contact the professor the better off you will be. You can always contact the professor explaining that you are simply seeking confirmation regarding the textbook list if you have some concerns about whether or not the textbook list will be entered into a database on time for you to receive your textbooks. Although sometimes it is easier to get in touch with someone from the department if the professor does not work over the summer.

I generally start contacting the professor the semester before a class begins if I am concerned about how accessible a class might be. This would include access to textbooks among other things. Sometimes it can take a while to receive a response. So I would say that it is never too early to contact a professor about an upcoming class.

I hope this helps you and provides you with more direction in your search for accessible textbooks for the upcoming semester.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth
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Subject: Re: [NABS-L] question about textbooks for college

I guess what I’m trying to ask, is how long before the beginning of the semester should I be emailing professors asking about books if they’re not up on the Bookstore website keeping in mind the fact that the assistive technology department is going to need two weeks to get books if they are not available elsewhere.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 20:38 Keri Svendsen via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> You can also have your disability services  check out access text. I 
> try to get my books a couple weeks ahead of time.
>
> thank you,
>
> On 7/6/2020 8:09 PM, nesma aly via NABS-L wrote:
> > Hi NABsters,
> > I have a question. my assistive technology department at my college 
> > says that if a book can't be found on things like bookshare and 
> > learning
> allli,
> > that it will take up to two weeks to get it from the publisher. I am 
> > wondering how long in advance of the start of the semester should I 
> > be looking at the bookstore for books before I worry? I had a 
> > incident the fall of 2019 where I didn't know any of my books  
> > untill the first day
> and
> > was forced to give the department the rental receit. I would love to
> avoid
> > this from happening again.
> >
> > thank you,
> >
> > Nesma
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