Students who are eligible for alternative text, as determined by the Director or Coordinator, should follow these procedures:

  1. In order to receive your materials in a timely manner, you should request your textbooks at least three weeks in advance of when you will need them.
  2. You will need to sign our Alternate Textbook Agreement form. Request one if this was not done during your accommodation meeting. If you have signed one, it is available to view in Accommodate.
  3. DSS will contact the publisher to see if the book is available in electronic format.  If it is, we will get the book in E-text, which works well with Read and Write Gold.  In order to comply with copyright laws, we will need a copy of your sales slip. 
  4. If the book is not available from the publisher, DSS will need your copy of the book to create the alternative text.  The campus print shop will chop the binding off the book.  The pages are scanned, and OCR.  The book will be rebound with plastic coiled rings. 
  5. If the book is already available from our library, we will give you a copy of it as soon as we have made a copy of your receipt.