[bookshare-discuss] Greater Access to College Textbooks
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:08:28 -0700
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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