Ottawa Canada Yes, RFB and D will lend books recorded on 4-track cassette to foreign members.
However they no longer will record books at the request of foreign members and haven't for around thirty years. So for the most part, foreign members of RFB and D taking courses using textbooks not already held in the RFB and D cassette collection must look first to their domestic library or agency for the blind to record their required textbooks, then can use RFB and D titles if available on cassette. For Canadians, well residents of Ontario, in grades JK through Post-Graduate, required textbooks are now ordered through the Resource Librarian of your educational institution who in turn orders them to be copied or recorded through the W. Ross MacDonald School For The Blind, Brantford, Ontario. They in turn coordinate the copies from wherever the masters are held or arrange for the books to be recorded in time for your courses. Recording is done by various contractors, some by CNIB Library, some by Trent Audio Services, Peterborough, Ontario and some by other contractors. This all sounds very bureaucratic, but they've got it down to a fine art. But for the first couple of years this system was in place, it was a fiasco! Not sure how students get their textbooks in other provinces. Also not sure how it works in other places, like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, etc. This is getting off topic for the BrailleNote list. Brian -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/433 - Release Date: 30/08/2006 ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
