1. Special Materials Services Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth Susan Doerksen Coordinator – Post-secondary Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth Susan Doerksen Coordinator – Post-secondary

2. Post-secondary services2 What we do We produce the following formats for our students –E-text – Word, ASCII, RTF, HTML, PDF –Audio – analog, MP3, WAV –Large print – double-sided, colour –Braille – e-braille We lend equipment

3. Post-secondary services3 Our journey : From search to production Search titles for availability Borrow through Interlibrary Loan? Discussion with Disability Services

4. Post-secondary services4 Production– how we do it Ask for print copies of the book Order Publisher’s disks Notify the National Library Produce at SMS Deliver books to the students

5. Post-secondary services5 Feedback We get feedback from: –Students –Teachers –Government agencies

6. Post-secondary services6 New on the horizon File formats Publisher’s to produce a book using a voluntary electronic standard (U.S.) Publisher’s depository for disks (Can.) FTP site for download

7. Post-secondary services7 New on the horizon Web OPAC download iPod and other devices Illinois project http://www.midtb.org/index.html http://www.midtb.org/index.html

8. Post-secondary services8 Web site and on-line catalogue Catalogue: http://smscat.merlin.mb.cahttp://smscat.merlin.mb.ca Web site: http://edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/blind/index.ht ml http://edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/blind/index.ht ml –Bobby Worldwide approved AAA –Level Triple-A conformance, W3C-WAI

9. Post-secondary services9 Questions and concerns?

10. Post-secondary services10 Thank you !