[Iabs-talk] Fwd: The Bookshare Bulletin
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Issue 1 :: Fall 2008 _Forward to a Friend_
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In This Issue
* _Welcome to The Bookshare Bulletin_ (mip://045a6008/default.html#1)
* _U.S Government Supports Free Memberships_
(mip://045a6008/default.html#4)
* _Bookshare in the Classroom_ (mip://045a6008/default.html#5)
* _Bookshare Around the World_ (mip://045a6008/default.html#world)
News and Announcements
* _Bookshare Webinars_ (mip://045a6008/default.html#webinars)
* _Bookshare Reaches Out _ (mip://045a6008/default.html#outreach)
* _New Bookshare.org Website_ (mip://045a6008/default.html#newsite)
* _Suggest Educational Books_
(mip://045a6008/default.html#suggest-books)
* _Help Us Maintain the Quality of Our Books_
(mip://045a6008/default.html#help-maintain-quality)
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PA
* Accessing Higher Ground Accessible Media, Web and Technology
Conference, Nov. 11th-14, 2008, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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Nov. 20th-21, Washington DC
* Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference, Jan. 28th-31
2009, Orlando, FL
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Welcome to The Bookshare Bulletin
Bookshare.org Member Tyler Norwood and his teacher Nina Clinton at the Corte
Madera School in Portola Valley, CA
It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you in the extended Bookshare.org
community to the premiere edition of our newsletter, The Bookshare Bulletin.
Our Bookshare.org team has put together a great collection of articles
describing how Bookshare.org is making an impact today and where it’s headed in
the near future. In this issue of The Bookshare Bulletin you’ll learn what’s
new with Bookshare.org, how you can help, and how you can benefit. You’ll hear
about our outreach programs and read how Bookshare.org has made a difference
in the lives of our Members.
A longer version of this newsletter is also available on our web site at
_www.bookshare.org._
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_Read more from Bookshare.org's Director of Operations, Lisa Friendly_
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U.S. Government Award Supports Free Bookshare.org Student Memberships
Bookshare.org Member Saleena Cerrillo has free access to Bookshare.org
thanks to the Office of Special Education Programs.
Jessica Pinto, an eighth grade student at the Kennedy Middle School in
Albuquerque, New Mexico has big plans for her summer reading. A new Bookshare.org
Member, Jessica is reading three books from the Bookshare.org library
including Of Mice and Men which was assigned for her English literature class. While
cerebral palsy places some limits on her mobility, Jessica reads books with
ease on a laptop that sits on a tray attached to her wheelchair. Jessica can
enlarge the font on the screen and press the scroll button to advance the
text instead of depending on another person to turn the pages. "A lot of my
teachers have been supportive of Bookshare because they think it's awesome,"
says Jessica. "A lot of kids think it's awesome too."
_Learn more about U.S. government support for Bookshare.org_
(http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/127995d421/2a509b9a73/9f730428ea) .
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Bookshare.org in the Classroom
Bookshare.org Member Tyler Norwood
Seventh grade students Tyler Norwood and Saleena Cerrillo did not look
forward to their reading assignments last year. The two students, who attend the
Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California, say it was difficult for
them to stay focused and hard to remember details from books that they needed
to include in their writing assignments.
_Read more about how Bookshare.org helps students in the classroom_
(http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/127995d421/2a509b9a73/7ff8c46887) .
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Bookshare Around the World
A young student at the Mand School on Pohnpei Island in the Federated States
of Micronesia.
Did you know that the Bookshare.org community has a roving international
ambassador? Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman travels around the world meeting with
Bookshare.org Members and partners who are helping to build the international
Bookshare.org library. Benetech not only operates the library, it also works
with educators and government representatives who want to make Bookshare.org
available in their countries. Jim’s travels for Bookshare.org this past year
took him from India to Austria and even to the islands of Micronesia!
_Learn more about Bookshare.org's impact around the world_
(http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/127995d421/2a509b9a73/648003850c) .
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Webinar Bookshare Training
Need more information about how to sign up for Bookshare.org or download
books? Bookshare.org offers free online webinars for educators, parents and
Bookshare.org Members.
Learn more about _training webinars_
(http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/127995d421/2a509b9a73/de4e94f896) .
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Bookshare.org Reaches Out To States, Districts and Schools
In anticipation of the new school year, Bookshare.org launched a major
campaign to reach schools and teachers and encourage them to sign up their
qualified students to get books for the new school year.
_Learn more_
(http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Benetech/127995d421/2a509b9a73/d5dfb81da1) .
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Coming Soon! New Bookshare.org Website
Early this winter, we will be launching the new Bookshare.org website. Our
Bookshare.org team has been working hard to create a sleek, redesigned site
with lots of improved features for our Members and visitors. The new site will
provide more accessibility, more search functions, better membership
management and easy-to-use signup tools.
Watch for our update messages before the new site is launched so you know
what to expect and when to expect it!
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Suggest Educational Books
A key part of our Bookshare for Education project includes the addition of
at least 100,000 educational texts to the Bookshare.org library. Supported by
the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs, this
project is a wonderful opportunity to significantly increase the number of
accessible books that readers with print disabilities can use in the
classroom.
We invite teachers and schools to help us expand our collection of
educationally valuable books by contributing your recommended student reading lists.
We turn to these reading lists when deciding which books to purchase and scan
for the collection. Many publishers are also contributing books in digital
formats and we welcome your suggestions on which books to target and
prioritize.
Bookshare.org is committed to remaining a community library with a book
collection shaped by our community. If you are a student, parent, teacher,
educational administrator, or anyone with special insight into the books students
need, please share your reading list with us. You can write to us regarding
this topic at _readinglists at bookshare.org_ (mailto:readinglists at bookshare.org)
.
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Help Us Maintain the Quality of Our Books
One of the important goals of Bookshare.org is to continuously maintain the
quality of books in the collection. We define excellent quality books as
those that contain text that is 99.3% to 100% accurate. This level of accuracy is
the same or better than most printed books. We want to make sure that people
with disabilities have access to books that are free of errors and a joy to
read.
If you become aware of a book in the Bookshare.org collection that contains
inaccurate text, please let us know and we will make the corrections needed.
To report an error, send a message to _bookqualityreport at bookshare.org_
(mailto:bookqualityreport at bookshare.org) with the following information: book
title, author, ISBN number and the nature of the error. We will let you know as
soon as the inaccuracy has been corrected. Thank you for helping to ensure
that our readers continue to get the high quality books they deserve. Our new
Bookshare.org web site will include a form that will help make reporting these
errors even easier.
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