[blindlaw] Fw: Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery to Print Disabled Students

[Elizabeth Akinola]

This was forwarded by  Larry Povinelli to the NFBV mailing list.

I hope you don't mind my sharing, Larry; I thought some people on this listserve might be interested in checking this out.

  Thanks! 
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Subject: Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery to Print Disabled Students


Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery of Course Materials to Print-Disabled Students 
  The Association of American Publishers recently launched a new tool to enable Disabled Student Services (DSS) professionals to contact publishers to obtain text materials in alternate formats for students with disabilities. 

  Ed McCoyd, The AAP's director of digital policy stated: "The Association of American Publishers heard repeatedly that DSS professionals can have a tough time figuring out who to contact at a particular publishing house to request either an electronic format of a textbook or permission to scan that book in order to produce e-text. In response, AAP built the Publisher Look-Up Service, a Web site interface to help DSS professionals search for e-text and permissions contacts at college textbook publishing companies."

  To view the press release, use the following link:
  http://www.publishers.org/press/index.cfm

  To access the publisher look-up service, use this link:
  http://www.publisherlookup.org/
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This was forwarded by  Larry Povinelli to the NFBV mailing list.
 
I hope you don't mind my sharing, Larry; I thought some people on this listserve might be interested in checking this out.
 
  Thanks! 
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Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery to Print Disabled Students
Publishers Launch Look-Up Service to Speed Delivery of Course Materials to Print-Disabled Students
The Association of American Publishers recently launched a new tool to enable Disabled Student Services (DSS) professionals to contact publishers to obtain text materials in alternate formats for students with disabilities.
Ed McCoyd, The AAP's director of digital policy stated: "The Association of American Publishers heard repeatedly that DSS professionals can have a tough time figuring out who to contact at a particular publishing house to request either an electronic format of a textbook or permission to scan that book in order to produce e-text. In response, AAP built the Publisher Look-Up Service, a Web site interface to help DSS professionals search for e-text and permissions contacts at college textbook publishing companies."
To view the press release, use the following link:
http://www.publishers.org/press/index.cfm http://www.publishers.org/press/index.cfm
To access the publisher look-up service, use this link:
http://www.publisherlookup.org/ http://www.publisherlookup.org/