<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks all! <br><br></div><div>I just wanted to put it out there to see if anyone had seen such an email. I was definitely flabbergasted when I read it. The day that I sent this email was the day that we had received the
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but now they have gone 180 degrees. </div><div><br>We were requesting the file in order to proceed with conversion. We are waiting for the student to respond to our request to use their book to debind and scan. We will either use their book or purchase one ourselves to use. We always go directly to the publishers as we are not a member of ATN due to their contractual requirements. <br><br></div>I'm glad I'm not the only one who had difficulty believing the MH email!<br><br></div><div>Thanks again!<br><br></div><div>Heidi<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>+++++++++++++++<br>Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC<br>Associate Director<br>Center for Educational Access<br>University of Arkansas<br>ARKU 209<br>Fayetteville, AR 72701<br>479.575.3104<br>479.575.7445 fax<br>479.575.3646 tdd<br>+++++++++++++++<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Ron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronrstewart@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronrstewart@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">To put in my two sense worth, I think I am entitled since I have led the nation effort in this space for most of the last 14 years. MH while they used to be one of the best to deal with, have recently become one of the worse. All the major publishers have retrenched in the last few years due to the limbo that federal guidance is in. I actually always recommend you go direct to th publisher. ATN is a publisher controlled publisher funded source file system. <div><br></div><div>When it comes to print on demand or custom editions often times the publisher does not maintain the source files. This means they cannot reproduce them even if they wanted to. If it is a digital publication none of the various "laws" are even relevant since the only speak to hard copy print publications. One of the things that has become cloudy in recent days is "what is the publishers responsibility". Frankly the do not have on. Responsibility for compliance with Section 504 is entirely on the institution you work for. </div><div><br></div><div>I know reality sucks.</div><div><br></div><div>Ron Stewart</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><br>On Thursday, February 18, 2016, James Bailey <<a href="mailto:jbailey@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">jbailey@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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