Two questions please
1) We are re-looking at the way we obtain accessible books and at the moment we contact publishers to see if they have the electronic files of books to save time and money if we need them brailled and/or if the student only wants the electronic format. We do not ask them for permission although some do want a permision form signed. Some publishers are very helpful, others just ignore our requests. Do other institutions also contact publishers or do you start scanning the minute a student wants the book? ( as long as they are in posession of the book either their own copy or from the library).
If we scan a book to make an electronic format for a blind student with copyright we should not keep the electronic files and if a student on the same course 6 months later needs the same book it should then be scanned and made accessible again for the second student with DSA paying out again for the time spent scanning the book. Would anyone like to discus this off or on list regarding how they do this and copyright guidelines.
2) Do you all keep a central store of video transcripts/audio descriptions of videos that are used within your institution?
Thanks
Sheila Watts
Sheila Watts
Head of Support Service for Students with Disabilities
Liverpool Hope University
Hope Park
Liverpool
L16 9JD
Tel/Minicom 0151-291-3064
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