Alternate Format Materials

Alternate formats of print material required for courses can be obtained in audio, electronic, braille or large print versions.

• Library Accessibility Serivces (LAS) is responsible for providing required texts and courseware in an alternate format.

• Students are responsible for contacting and providing LAS with a list of courses in which they are registered.

• The required details of the list are course name, section and the term in which the course is offered. The course name is the name listed in the calendar; for example, Sociology 1A06 and not Introduction to Sociology.

• It will speed up the process if you also provide the name of the professor and the textbook information. This information can be found on the Titles website.

• If you have any difficulty obtaining this information, you should inform LAS.

• LAS will try to provide students with their first choice of format. However, this may not always be possible, and students may have to use an alternate format until their first preference becomes available.

• Students must purchase a print copy of the required texts and show the receipts before an alternate format text can be released to them.

• Facilities exist to scan your own course material while you are waiting for your e-text to arrive. Book the study/consultation rooms in the Learning Commons of Mills Memorial Library.

• Alternate format materials are on loan for the length of the course. Please return them promptly to the LAS Department when the course is finished. There will be a charge for items lost or not returned during the term.

• Students who have print disabilities are encouraged to peruse free e-book sites.