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Transcribing Textbooks
Primary Tasks
Secondary Tasks
The library’s production unit will transcribe books that are not otherwise available in alternative media.
- Obtain a copy of the book.
- Buy a used copy at your school's bookstore (if not badly marked up or damaged).
- If the bookstore does not have your book yet, ask them to special order it immediately.
- Send your book to the IMC right away.
- Include any instructions or timetables for completion that you have available. If you send a course syllabus with your book, the IMC will know exactly when you need individual chapters and can plan accordingly.
- You will be sent installments of the book as soon as they are ready. Books that are completed before a class begins will be sent in one shipment.
Transcriptions are assigned on a first come, first served basis, so you will want to get your requests in as early as possible.
- Your books will be recorded or Brailled by volunteers.
- The majority of textbooks for college students are recorded.
- If you need your book in Braille, please allow additional time to complete the process.
- Usually a book that is locally transcribed will have glossaries and introductory material read at the beginning of the recording.