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Bookshare® - Books Without Barriers
Betsy Beaumon, VP & General Manager
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What is Bookshare?
Bookshare is an online library of accessible media for readers with print disabilities.
Accessible books as digital text over the Internet - used as audio, electronic braille, text + speech, enlarged text
Over 145,000 members
Over 10,000 schools and other organizations
Over 120,000 titles + periodicals
2000+ books added every month2
Booksharebelieves that people with print disabilities
should have the same ease of
access to books and periodicals that people without
disabilities enjoy.
Bookshare for Education
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In October 2007, Bookshare was awarded funding from the Federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to:
Provide Bookshare content and services FREE to all U.S. qualified students with a print disability of any age
Expand the Bookshare collection Focus on educational materials requested by teachers Add textbooks from the NIMAC and publishers
Scan Once, Share Many
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How Does Bookshare Get Digital Books?
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