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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good Morning Enda,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One of your best resources in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> is fellow
ATHEN member E.A Draffan (who will also be the keynote speaker at AHG this
year). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region> proper I recommend contact
Ted Harvey at UC-Dublin: <a
href="http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html">http://www.ucd.ie/disability/services_atc.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ted is well versed in many areas of AT and
runs a proper lab that may fulfill your demonstration needs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cheers --- Dann<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <br>
========================= <br>
Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director <br>
Boston University Office of Disability Services <br>
19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor <br>
Boston, MA 02215 <br>
<br>
(617) 353-3658 (office) <br>
(617) 353-9646 (fax) <br>
<a href="mailto:djbrky@bu.edu"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>djbrky@bu.edu</span></font></a> (eMail) <br>
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/disability"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.bu.edu/disability</span></font></a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Enda P Guinan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:08
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Access
Technologists in Higher Education Network</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Athen] Advice for
colleague in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello ATHENians,<br>
<br>
Some of you may be in a position to help me with some hard evidence!<br>
<br>
I'm the Assistive Technology Advisor in National University of Ireland,
Maynooth (I met some of you at the conference in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boulder</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CO</st1:State></st1:place>
last year). I and my colleagues in the Disability Office have been invited to
meet our college president and computer services to discuss our needs.<br>
<br>
Naturally I have a nice long list of things to discuss (better integration of
alt format production with the library, computer services to accept a greater
role in the provision of assistive technology on campus, documented policy on
the college production of digital documents etc etc).<br>
<br>
However, Computer Services have told me that they are happy to listen to my big
dreams, but unless I can demonstrate that other "similar sized
institutions" have these in place, it won't be easy to make these things
realities.<br>
<br>
A little about us; NUI Maynooth has 6,000 full time students and maybe 2,000
part time students. It has three faculties: Arts, Social Sciences and Science
and Engineering. We have an Assistive Technology Centre with 15 networked PCs
open 9-6 Mon-Fri, fill-time AT advisor (me) and some part time student
trainers. We have two PCs in an Assistive Technology Room in the library.
Supports for students with disabilities comes largely from funding from the
European Union rather than the university's core budget. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>All software on campus is installed locally. </span></i>There
is goodwill towards our work, but anything to do with disability is (wrongly)
seen as solely our responsibility. Our equivalent to 508 is not yet robust
enough to use as leverage. <br>
<br>
So, any similar-sized institutions out there willing to give me advice on the
following?:<br>
1. Are there similar colleges with site licences for Kurzweil, Inspiration,
Dragon etc installed on a central server? <br>
2. Do Computer services in such colleges take a more active role in the
installation and troubleshooting on such packages?<br>
3. Do such colleges have an alt format production system that is not solely the
responsibility of disability services?<br>
<br>
<br>
Sorry if this is a tad longwinded, but I hope someone out there can help!<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
Enda<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<p></x-sigsep><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Enda P Guinan<br>
</span></font></b>Assistive Technology Advisor<br>
Access Office<br>
NUI Maynooth<br>
<br>
P: +353 1 708 4654<br>
F: +353 1 708 3838<br>
E: enda.guinan@nuim.ie <br>
W: <a href="http://access.nuim.ie/" eudora=autourl>http://access.nuim.ie</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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