Districts wishing to access the AIM Library must coordinate all paperwork and requests for materials through a licensed certified teacher of the visually impaired (TVI). The specialized instructional materials available can only be assessed, deemed essential, and administered by a TVI. Please be sure that Braille is reflected as either the primary or secondary reading media on our Assurances Form.
Fulfilling braille requests can take up to a year, especially STEM subjects- science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As such, braille requests should reach the AIM Library no later than March for classes starting in September.
TVIs should submit a Materials Request Form with all the pertinent information, along with a clean print copy of each textbook being requested. E-mail requests will be accepted for recreational titles and any PDF transcription requests if all the pertinent information is included. Schools’ full name, complete ship address, ZIP CODE and ISBN Numbers. Phone call requests will not be accepted.
We may have in our inventory. It might be available for procurement. If the text has never been brailed, then the book must be transcribed from scratch. If we have capacity, the print copy will be forwarded to an approved braille accessible media producer along with the Transcription Syllabus.
A Transcription Syllabus is required for all transcriptions, prioritizing the use of chapters in the order in which they will be used. TVIs will need to coordinate with classroom teachers to identify class use by month. No textbook will be considered for Transcription without a Transcription Syllabus. The TVI will be notified in the instance of a required Transcription Syllabus.
Please keep in mind that textbooks will not be considered with copyrights before 2015. All requests must adhere to the current DESE curriculum frameworks. We reserve the right to limit textbook requests and consider workbooks, loose worksheets, and recreational reading materials a low priority. The student’s school district is responsible for securing items that the library is unable to provide. Please feel free to reach out to the AIM Library for additional sources. As always, we process on a first come first serve basis and all requests must be submitted in writing.
The AIM Library is a lending library. All textbooks must be returned at the end of the school year, as we intend to circulate and utilize our inventory to its fullest extent. If a student needs for extended school year additional educational support, or to transfer books to another student, please send an email.