[Menvi-discuss] Accessible Books Consortium

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Hi Jeani,

 

Thank you. I'll contact them and see if they can do anything for me. 

 

I had also talked with an advisor in my USA NLs music section. I spoke with
a very nice young man who seemed knowledgeable, but when I asked about
trying to get a copy from RNIB the response was negative and right now I
forget what I was told. I mean what is the good of something like the
Marakesh treaty if it doesn't help people its intended to assist in getting
materials in braille.

 

Eileen

 

 

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Hi Eileen,

 

I'm not clear what the policy is currently with RNIB, but this is what I've
experienced in the last few weeks.

 

I did a big search through all their catalogue and after getting little
response previously from the library e-mail address I e-mailed the RNIB
Music Advisory Service.  You can contact them at mas at rnib.org.uk
<mailto:mas at rnib.org.uk> .  

 

They told me they are currently shifting all their catalogue to digital and
I think when they say they will not be doing sales any more or shipping they
are referring to hard copy Braille because they then said they could e-mail
me the files I wanted to view digitally or if I got my own Blind Foundation
Library to get in touch with them they could send them the files to emboss.
I have no idea if this is standard policy or that individual was just being
really nice!

 

I also had another one of their staff previously say to ignore whether it
says available or not or anything about purchase on the catalogue file.  I
don't know if some of these catalogue numbers refer to older books that have
never been digitized as I guess those might then not be available.

 

But give the Music Advisory Service an e-mail and plead your case and
hopefully they will just e-mail you the files.

 

Jeanie

 

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Hi,,

 

Regarding borrowing from libraries other than your own country -

 

Last May/June I needed a copy of the first movement of Vivaldi's Spring for
violin. RNIB has it. I wrote them and was told there system was being
updated and they would get back to me as soon as it was done and my
information had been put in. Well a month or two went by and I wrote them
again pretty much getting the same type of reply. I still want the music,
but in the meantime I got a strange email saying they could no longer ship
or sell To the USA. So how on earth does the Marekesh work and how can I get
a copy of the music. I'm willing to buy it. I find their web site very
frustrating to use and to try and locate braille music.

 

Eileen

 

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Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Accessible Books Consortium

 

Hi All,

 

Not sure if everyone is aware that under the Marrakesh treaty Braille books
can now freely be shared via the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC).

 

I think I last heard there are 23 member countries whose blind foundations
are now sharing with each other and this recently includes the entire NLS
Bard catalogue & CNIB, plus smaller collections like ours in NZ.  If your
country isn't involved this is something you might want to push for.  And if
you are having things transcribed in a member country making sure the local
blind foundation library catalogues, adds and shares these.

 

But what nobody seemed to know until mentioned a few months ago on an NZ
blind chat list by Martine Able is that there is a supplementary members
catalogue where individuals can sign in and download directly from.  To do
this you do have to be a member of the library of a blind foundation who is
one of the 17 that have joined this supplementary catalogue and there is a
list on the website of those that have.  You fill in the online registration
and then they check with your library to approve you.

www.abcglobalbooks.org/ <http://www.abcglobalbooks.org/> 

 

I have had some titles that haven't shown up in the members supplementary
catalogue that then my library has still been able to access via their ABC
log-in to the main catalogue.  So it isn't a perfect system.  RNIB as far as
I know have not joined and some members like Vision Australia have not
subscribed to the supplementary catalogue system so can only access ABC via
their own library service and not directly.  But anyone can search the
catalogue without logging in, so it still might be a help.

 

Jeanie

 

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