Textbooks for the Disabled
From: CSUN University News Clippings - 08/28/2009
By: Steve Kolowich

The Association of American Publishers and the University of Georgia this
week unveiled an electronic database aimed at making it easier for blind,
dyslexic, and otherwise impaired college students to get specialized
textbooks in time for classes. 

The database, called AccessText, is designed to centralize the process by
which electronic versions of textbooks are requested by colleges and supplied
by publishers. Experts say it will allow disabled students to get their
textbooks more efficiently, help colleges save money, avoid lawsuits, and
protect publishers’ copyrights. 

Read the entire article at:
http://blogs.csun.edu/news/clips/2009/08/28/textbooks-for-the-disabled/

Link:
http://www.accesstext.org

Submitted by Jamie Prioli