Unless I have missed something, the DDA does cover it. If the book is
needed by a number of students it might be worth contacting the DRC. I
have very rarely had problems with publishers in the past when I have
asked for the original (usually Word) copy of books.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian F. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 November 2006 00:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Books


There is really no excuse for a core textbook like this not to be
available
in accessible, electronic format. I really don't understand why DDA
doesn't
apply to publishers producing new versions of books.

 Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour, Fifth Edition by Richard

Gross was published in June 2005 and is supplied with a CD ROM, which
the
publishers presumably have made efforts to ensure is accessible. The
publishers must have an electronic version of the book. The author
probably
typed it up in Word!

If you are getting nowhere with the publishers, why not look up the
contact
details for the author and contact him directly? Maybe the publishers
can
put you in touch. He writes books for GCSE/A level studies so might be
contacted via the Assessments and Qualifications Alliance (AQA). The
author
might be able to put pressure on the publishers to release an
accessible
version of the book.

Can I also suggest you ask the course tutors to help - they have a
responsibility to take reasonable steps to ensure their course is
accessible, which I'd argue includes doing a bit of research to ensure
the
books they recommend are available in accessible formats. Maybe if they
contacted the publishers and suggested they might no longer be able to
recommend students have to buy a book that isn't available in an
accessible
format when other authors and publishers do make the effort, the
publisher
might start to realise they have to take this issue seriously

Hope this helps.
Ian Francis
.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Jarman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Books


>I was writing the last as this came in. Yes, you've obviously hit the
>same wall. When was it published? You presumably know that it isn't
>already available in an alternative format: on cassette, braille (if
>your student is a Braillist), etc.?
>
> Paul Jarman,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jennings, Katie
> Sent: 07 November 2006 16:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Books
>
>
> Hi Paul
>
> Further to my last email I have just spoken to the publishers directly

> and they have said that they get a lot of enquiries of this nature,
> for this very book, but unfortunately the book is not available
> electronically - there is nothing that they can do other than to
> suggest it is photocopied or scanned.
>
> Thanks
> Katie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Jarman
> Sent: 07 November 2006 13:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Books
>
> Dear Katie,
>
> Sorry for ignoring your "off-list" request, but I was curious to know
> what kind of trouble you have had with your approach to the publisher,

> and thought that this would be worth sharing. I'm interested because
> I hear this regularly, though never--or hardly ever--experience it
> myself when dealing with publishers. It can be time-consuming, but I
> don't really get straight refusals. Please share.
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul Jarman,
> Disability Support Officer,
> 2.39 Francis Bancroft Building,
> Queen Mary, University of London,
> Mile End Road,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jennings, Katie
> Sent: 07 November 2006 11:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Books
>
>
> Hi
>
> We are really struggling with what seems to be a very straight forward

> issue. One of our students who is studying an Access course,
> Psychology and Life Sciences, and is blind, needs an electronic or
> disk copy of a book, Psychology by Richard Gross, published by Hodder
> Arnold.
>
> Our library staff are currently chasing this up with the publishers
> and are apparently having no luck. I have been advised that we can
> get an older edition of this book via the RNID audio books, however,
> find it hard to believe that it is not possible to get a disk copy of
> this book as we have with many others.
>
> Can anyone offer me any advice? Have you managed to get this book as
> an electronic copy - I am told it is the bible when it comes to Access

> to Psychology courses.
>
> Please reply off list.
>
> Kind regards
> Katie
>
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