[Fabs] Bookshare Back to School Issue-September 2009

[Arielle Silverman]

Bookshare’s College and University Members
Back to School Issue - September 2009

Classes are now in session on many campuses around the country. We
know that uncertain budgets, last-minute class changes and work
furloughs at many schools
mean that tracking down needed textbooks for students with print
disabilities can take some time.

Bookshare can be a resource to DSS staff and students. With over
50,000 volumes in DAISY and BRF formats and over 150 newspapers and
periodicals from the
National Federation of the Blind Newsline, Bookshare’s collection is
growing to include more books for postsecondary students. With thanks
to an award
from Office of Special Education Programs, Bookshare books and the
on-line tools to read them are free for all qualified students in the
United States.


In this issue:
list of 6 items
• Membership = Reading Independence
• More books for Postsecondary Students
• University Presses Agree to Contribute Books to Bookshare
• Search for Books
• Free Reading Tools
• Upcoming Webinars
list end

Membership = Reading Independence:

As Organizational Members, colleges and universities can download
Bookshare books on behalf of qualified students; students can also
easily become individual
Bookshare members and download books they choose, when and where it’s
most convenient.

list of 3 items
• Becoming an Organizational Member
• Becoming an Individual Member
• Organizational Members can also help create Individual Memberships
for their students from the Member tab in their Bookshare account.
list end

Sign up your students and start downloading books today!

More Books for Post-secondary Student:

Bookshare now has 14 Partners.
*
 These colleges and universities are contributing hundreds of titles
that have already been scanned for students, making it easier to “look
in Bookshare
first” for needed texts. Books range from poetry to political science,
autobiographies to anthropology.

Bookshare protects publishers’ copyrights and guards against illegal
sharing through a proprietary Digital Rights Management (DRM)
technology which is added
to all contributed books. The Bookshare DRM technology fingerprints
and maintains a record of every book downloaded to identify potential
misuse and copyright
infringement.
Read our Seven Point Digital Rights Plan.

University Presses Agree to Contribute Books to Bookshare:

Three prestigious university publishers joined the Bookshare Publisher
Partner Program last July, to provide digital books for Bookshare's
accessible online
library. The University of Chicago Press, the University of California
Press and New York University Press have all agreed to provide
Bookshare with digital
book files that will contribute thousands of new scholarly works to
the Bookshare collection.
Read the press release.

Read more from the New York University Press.

Bookshare is looking for more university publishers to work with. If
your school would like to be included in this program, please
let us know.

Search for books:

Bookshare members can search by both 10- and 13-digit ISBN numbers.
Later this Fall, Bookshare will announce a new “search by text”
feature. Stay tuned!


Free Reading Tools:

Bookshare members enjoy free tools to read Bookshare books: Don
Johnston’s READ:OutLoud Bookshare Edition and Humanware’s VictorReader
Soft, Bookshare Edition.
In addition, readers enjoy hearing the digital Acapela TTS Voices by
Acapela Group.

Now, there’s READ:OutLoud Software for Macintosh® computers
available to Members

We all share a common goal: to get students the books they need, in
the format they can use, in the fastest amount of time. We want our
students to be successful
and have the materials they need. We’re working hard at Bookshare to
make this happen and appreciate the support of our university
partners.

Upcoming Webinars:

For College and University members:

“Bookshare and the University Student – What’s New for Fall?”
Oct 8, 2009 - 1:00 pm Pacific Time

As someone who works with college students with print disabilities,
maybe it’s been a while since you’ve looked at the Bookshare site, or
suggested Bookshare
as a resource for your students. If so, this webinar is for you.

Or perhaps you’re an avid Bookshare fan and want to keep up with the
latest improvements. You, too, should join us!

Presented by Bookshare’s University Program Manager, Cherie Miller,
this webinar is for universities who are already Members and those who
are new to Bookshare
who want more information about Bookshare’s resources for their students:

list of 5 items
• New tools for reading and research.
• New books from university presses and Partners.
• Signing up new students.
• Creating individual memberships for students already on the
organizational roster.
• And more!
list end

This webinar will be presented live on October 8 at 1:00 pm PST.
Participants are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time; there
will be time for questions
during the presentation. The webinar will also be recorded and posted
on the Bookshare site.

Questions?
Contact us
 for more details.

Other webinars of interest:

"Bookshare Reading Series - How to read on Macs with Read:OutLoud"
September 30, 2009 - 12:00 pm Pacific Time

All webinars are recorded and archived on the Bookshare site at:
http://www.bookshare.org/about/training

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As always, we’re interested in your thoughts and comments.
Contact us at:
http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs

‘Till next month! Be sure to watch for our Bookshare Blog coming in a
few weeks and follow us on
Twitter,
accessible Twitter
 and
Facebook
!

Cherie Miller, University Program Manager

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office
of Special Education Programs

Bookshare

14 University Partners:*

Alliant University
Arizona State University
De Anza Community College
George Mason University
Monterey Peninsula Community College
Texas A&M
University of Idaho
Indiana University
Hadley School for the Blind
Michigan State University
Landmark College
The Ohio State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Montana

Pending:

Boston University
University of Texas, Austin
University of Arkansas

Webinars

“Bookshare and the University Student – What’s New for Fall?”
October 8, 2009 - 1:00 pm Pacific Time

"Bookshare Reading Series - How to read on Macs with Read:OutLoud"
September 30, 2009 - 12:00 pm Pacific Time

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Arielle Silverman
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