1 The AccessText Network Publishers and DSS Collaborating to Improve College Textbook Accessibility.

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1 The AccessText Network Publishers and DSS Collaborating to Improve College Textbook Accessibility

Agenda Overview of The AccessText Network Membership Services Publisher Services 2

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 3

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 4

Membership Services Activity 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 5

Membership Services Accessible 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. 6

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 7

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. 8

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 9