[bookshare-discuss] Re: e: Re: publisher quality books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
Hi, Brenda and anyone who didn't see previous posts.
Here is the URL that explains NIMAC:
http://www.nimac.us/
Here's the first paragraph of the article: "President
George W. Bush signed into law the new Individuals
with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) at
the end of 2004. Several changes will be implemented
through this reauthorized legislation that will have a
positive impact on how and when blind and other print
disabled students throughout the country receive their
textbooks in the accessible formats they need,
including braille and large print."
The donated books are available only to students in
grade K - 12--unfortunately for our college students.
Bookshare is also working to get books donated by
publishers. At the moment it seems only HarperCollins
and a publisher of textbooks--I forget the
name--donate so far. Those are the books added with
the Publishers Quality rating. The HarperCollins books
are so far only downloadable in Daisy, though
bookshare is working to make them convertable so they
can be downloadable in BRF also.
If I've got something wrong in this explanation, I'm
sure I'll be corrected. smile
HTH
G.Cindy
***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
AVAILABLE AT
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
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