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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