[bksvol-discuss] Re: Greater Access to College Textbooks
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:57:49 -0700 (PDT)
Yay!!
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Greater Access to College Textbooks
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 12:08 PM
Greater
Access to College Textbooks
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has
announced an agreement with the Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC), an
initiative of the Georgia Board
of Regents and the University of Georgia, to
develop and launch the AccessText Network, a comprehensive, national online
system that will make it easier
and quicker for students with print-related
disabilities, such as blindness, to obtain the textbooks they need for their
college courses.
The AccessText Network is leveraging QuickBase, an
online database powered by Intuit Inc., to enable publishers and colleges to
effectively combine and
share their resources and expertise to meet students'
needs. AccessText Network, scheduled for beta launch in February 2009, will
ensure that institutions
can more easily obtain information about publishers'
course materials, request electronic text files and use more efficient
acquisition and distribution
channels.
AccessText Network is being funded through
donations from publishers Cengage Learning; CQ Press; Macmillan; McGraw-Hill
Education; Pearson; Reed Elsevier
Inc.; John Wiley & Sons; and W.W.
Norton.
For more information, contact:
Christopher Lee
Email:
leecm@xxxxxxx
Web:
http://www.accesstext.org
Email: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
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