Partnerships between publishers and universities to support individuals with print disabilities
Click on http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/publications/accessible-publications.php to read about how "Bookshare's new University Partnership Program is uniting universities throughout the United States to increase the collection of accessible post-secondary textbooks. Typically, hundreds of thousands of U.S. post-secondary students with print disabilities wait months after the start of a semester before getting their textbooks in a format they can read. Each year, university personnel engage in a labor intensive process at the beginning of a term to scan books or obtain digital files from publishers to provide accessible text books. Bookshare and its university partners are pooling their scanned books to reduce duplication of effort and ensure equal educational opportunity." Good news for many who are in college or planning to go!