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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Higher Education community,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last year at AHG in the Publisher Faceoff session, DSO representatives said they needed free access to RedShelf and VitalSource in order to help their students learn how to use the software, and to check the accessibility of the title.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is the link and more information. You probably also received this through the ATN mailing list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://accesstext.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb7a2c7372bebcf15894a40a3&id=3933bc67cf&e=de65d9cdf0" target="_blank">REGISTER HERE</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RedShelf & VitalSource: Providing Course Material Access to Disability Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Description<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Supporting Disability Service Offices (DSOs) is instrumental in ensuring all students have equitable access to course materials. Learn how RedShelf and VitalSource have simplified the process for DSOs to request complimentary access to titles in order to evaluate the digital content on behalf of a student with a disability.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LEARNING OBJECTIVES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Why has each company rolled out this simplified request process for DSOs?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- How can DSOs request access to a digital title?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Who is eligible to request access?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Understand how RedShelf and VitalSource reading systems support accessibility.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>July 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Duration: 1 hour or less<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Time<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jul 9, 2020 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Switch Time Zone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George Kerscher Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.daisy.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.daisy.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.benetech.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.benetech.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.idpf.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.idpf.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.imls.gov/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.imls.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.w3.org/WAI</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: +1 406/549-4687<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell:+1 406/544-2466 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:kerscher@montana.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>kerscher@montana.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>