The AccessText Network Publishers and DSS Collaborating to Improve College Textbook Accessibility
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The AccessText Network
Publishers and DSS Collaboratingto Improve College Textbook Accessibility
Agenda•Overview of The AccessText Network•Membership Services•Publisher Services
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Overview
•2009 Donation from the Association of American Publishers and their leading Post-Postsecondary Publishers
•Membership Driven Organization with Advisory Committee
•ATN helps college students with print disabilities by connecting their disability service offices directly with leading textbook publishers to obtain electronic files.
– Request and download publisher textbook files – Search and download accessible textbooks– Track and report what textbooks files are coming in and going out
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Overview
•Membership is free for schools and publishers•Premium Membership is $500/year
– Includes Accessible File Exchange–Schools who contribute 25 files to the
Exchange receive free access• Accessible Textbook Finder (ATF) is Free
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Membership ServicesActivity Report
• 1,140 Member Schools, 12 Member publishers• 7 Alternate Media Centers (representing 310+ Schools)
• 62,950 Requests since 8/24/09
• Average Fulfillment is 4 Days• 80% of Requests are for PDF, 20% MS Word
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Membership ServicesAccessible File Exchange Library
• Schools contribute student-ready files in PDF, Word, DAISY, MP3, KESI, or Braille, which are stored on the ATN server.
• Premium members can download files after publisher approves request.
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Dolphin Donation / Partnership
•Dolphin donation and collaboration includes supporting the expansion library expansion with DAISY textbooks and post-conversion webinars •DAISY File Conversion•EasyReader Express DAISY Reader•Alternative Media Training
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Publisher Services Activity Report
• New Publishers: Jones & Bartlett, FA Davis, Lynne Rienner Publishers and Springer Publishers
• Publisher members now have the choice of storing files on the ATN server for faster delivery.
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Accessible Textbook Finder (ATF) Beta
•August 14, 2011 ( Beta Launch)•ATF is a Free service •The Accessible Textbook Finder searches multiple sources of accessible books and provides the results in a combined format. Search Partners: •Learning Ally, BookShare, National Library Services, CourseSmart, AMAC, and AccessText Network•Additional partners to be included•http://www.accesstext.org/fedsearch.php
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