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Fact Sheet: Electronic Books: Why Go Digital?

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Electronic Books… Why go Digital?

From the American Library Association www.ala.org :

Considerations in Purchasing Accessible Library Materials

As librarians acquire materials for the library collections, consideration of accessibility issues should be at the forefront of the procurement process. The following is a short list of considerations and questions that librarians should ask:

Electronic Book Solutions

Publisher

Web Address

Format

Computer

Software

Online

Materials

Alternative

Book Form

Attainment Company

www.attainmentcompany.com

8

   

EnableMart

www.enablemart.com

8

   

National Braille Press

www.nbp.org

   

1

Blackwell’s Book Service

www.blackwell.com

 

      7

 

Don Johnston

www.donjohnston.com

8

   

Adobe

   

7

 

Thinking Reader

www.tomsnyder.com

            8

   

Project Gutenberg

www.gutenberg.org

 

7

 

BookShare

www.bookshare.org

 

7