The GIMC provides textbooks and APH materials to registered students by
loaning them to GIMC patrons. Special Education Directors, Vision
Coordinators, Vision Teachers, 504 coordinators, or other designated
persons can register as GIMC patrons. Students must either be already
registered with the American Printing House f/t Blind or be registered
with the GIMC. A student must have a documented visual impairment and an
IEP or 504 plan that stipulates the need for large print or Braille books.
Call or email the GIMC to find out how to register a student or to
register as a patron.
If the GIMC already has the book, it will usually ship within 2 days of
receiving the request. If the GIMC does not have the book, but it has
already been transcribed, the GIMC will research a source and order it.
This process usually takes 4-6 weeks because once a source has been
located the book still has to be embossed and bound. Braille books that
have not been previously transcribed will take anywhere from 6 months to a
year. This is the time it takes to find somebody to transcribe the
textbook, and the time to actually transcribe, emboss, and bind the book.
The GIMC will repair equipment that is on loan from the depository.
These are items that have a GIMC bar-code label. You can download and complete
a
Equipment Repair Form and mail it and the item packed securely and
marked Fragile and Free Matter for the Blind. If you have
any questions regarding an equipment repair, contact
Wayne Burley.
If you have a Brailler that does not belong to the GIMC, your school
system can use a company on the Braille Writer Repair List.
If you have a item from APH that does not belong to the GIMC, contact
us to discuss options for repair.
Books that were ordered very early in the year show up with a
due date of that June. Because volumes may ship throughout the year, the
due date is based on the original date the book was ordered, not the date
it was shipped. The system has no way to know if it is for that school
year or the next. I apologize for the glitch. We will try to catch these
in the future and change the due date manually. If we miss one, please
just renew the book. I apologize for the problem and thank you for
helping us keep our inventory updated.
The following list is provided by the Textbook Office of the Georgia
Department of Education:
State
Textbook Adoption Cycle
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