1 Searching for Books in All the Right Places Find the books you're looking for in Bookshare! Webinar, April 13, 2011

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Presenter Cherie Miller Bookshare University Program Manager 3

Agenda  Exploring the collection:  Tens of thousands of books to support student research.  Search strategically.  Download books and read on the go.  Contact us. 4

5 What is Bookshare ® ?  Bookshare is an online library of accessible media for readers with print disabilities.  More than 135,000 Members  More than 8,000 schools and other organizations  Close to 100,000 titles  More than a thousand new books added every month Bookshare believes that people with print disabilities should have the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. Funded by an award from OSEP, the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. as of January,

What Bookshare Offers  FREE memberships for qualified U.S. students through OSEP award  Digital accessible books for individuals with print disabilities  FREE assistive technology software  24/7 access to books 6 NEW! Read2Go, the most full-featured, accessible DAISY reader available for Apple iOS devices!

7 Who is Eligible for Bookshare? DisabilityQualified/Not Qualified Examples of Certifying Professionals Visual Impairment (VI), such as blindness or low vision Qualified A family doctor, ophthalmologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, optometrist, physical therapist, or other medical professional. Teacher of the visually impaired, special education teacher, learning disability specialist, school psychologist, clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilities, resource specialist or other educational professional Certification from the National Library Service Proof of membership with RFB&D Physical Disability (PD) which affects the ability to read print, such as inability to hold a book or turn pages Qualified Severe Learning Disability that affects the ability to read standard print Students with a severe enough disability, and a professional certifying that the disability is severe enough and the individual needs accessible formats. Autism Emotional disabilities ADHD Not qualified, unless accompanied by a visual or physical disability, or a qualified reading disability that has a physical basis Not applicable Other Learning Challenges ESL and ELL

Two Membership Options Individual Membership Access Bookshare at Home Student downloads for herself / himself Download books, except textbooks Free for all U.S. students with qualifying print disabilities For those with qualifying print disabilities who are not students, membership is $50 per year for unlimited downloads. Organizational Membership Access Bookshare at School Teacher downloads on behalf of student Download all books, including textbooks Free for all organizations serving U.S. students with qualifying print disabilities For organizations serving individuals with qualifying print disabilities who are not students, various membership plans available

9 Exploring the Collection

The Bookshare Library  Textbooks  +2,300 K-12 textbooks w/images  College/University textbooks  Open Educational Resources  Special Collections  New York Times Best Sellers  Newbery, Caldecott Winners  1,000 books in Spanish  More than 100 publisher partnerships  270 nat’l/reg’l newspapers/magazines As of January 2011 Bookshare is committed to high-quality books. Please report any quality issues on the book download page. 10

11 General Collections Accessibility Collection Alliant International University Psychology Collection Beat the Recession Big Read Career Resources Encyclopedia Britannica Discovery Library Human Rights Collection Man Booker Prize Award Winners National Book Award New York Times Best Sellers Open Educational Resources Oprah's Book Club Pacific Island Collection Pulitzer Prize Award Winners Student Resources TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels

12 Special Collections: Pulitzer Prize winners ulitzer%20Prize%20Award%20Winners 230 titles from 1918 – 2010 Genre Collections Bram Stoker Awards (horror) Edgar Allen Poe Awards (young adult mystery) Hugo Awards (science fiction) Nebula Awards (science fiction)

13 How Does Bookshare Get Digital Books? Publishers Proofread Universities Bookshare Scan Chop Volunteers

University Presses on Board  University of California Press  Stanford University Press  Princeton University Press  Cambridge University Press  Harvard University Press  University of Chicago Press  University of Wisconsin Press  University of Michigan Press  MIT Press  Columbia University Press  New York University Press  University of British Columbia Press  University of Ottawa Press  Gallaudet University Press

Bookshare University Partners  Alliant University  Arizona State University  Boston University  College of New Jersey  College of San Mateo  De Anza College  George Mason University  Georgetown University Law Center  Hadley School for the Blind  Indiana University  Landmark College  Loras College  Michigan State University  Monterey Peninsula College  Ohio State University  San Diego Mesa College  Santa Rosa Junior College  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale  Stanford University  Texas A&M University - College Station  Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi  University of Arkansas  University of California, Berkeley  University of Idaho  University of Montana  University of Texas, Austin  Utah State University  Whittier College

What To Do When Your Students Can’t Find a Book:  Look through other resources  Purchase the book and send it to Bookshare. We will chop, scan and process the book into the collection. (Caveat: Can take up to eight weeks – cannot take highly formulaic books – images will not be retained.)  Textbook request – contact us through the Bookshare site. We will purchase the book for processing. Can take up to eight weeks.

17 Strategic Searches

18 Log in to Bookshare’s Website

Search Tips  If you are looking for something with two or more words in exact sequence and you have the exact spelling of the words, use quotes. “I have a dream”  Boolean search:  Using AND narrows a search by combining terms. Portland AND Oregon  Using OR broadens a search to include results that contain either of the words you type in. Portland OR Oregon  Using NOT will narrow a search by excluding certain search terms. Oregon NOT travel 19

20 Search or Browse Standard Search by ‘Title or Author’ Browse by…. Author Category Language New Books Most Popular Downloads NIMAC Books Special Collections Newspapers / Magazines Internationally Available Grade Publisher

21 Advanced Search  All or part of author’s name  All or part of title  Language (English or Spanish)  Copyright  Category, such as textbooks and children’s books ‘Advanced Search’

22 Use the Right Search  Quick Search  Google-like search results  Helpful tool for high-level view  Standard Search  Google-like search results  Helpful tool for research projects  Advanced Search  Title and author searches  Refined search results  Helpful tool for specific book search

How to report a book quality issue:

Download Books and Read on the Go! 24

25 4 Ways to Read  Multi-modal reading: See and hear words simultaneously  View books with large font on a PC screen, or print  Listen to them (many voice options)  Read Braille (digital or hardcopy)

26 Compatible AT Software  Any AT software supporting text-based files  HumanWare Victor Reader Soft  Don Johnston READ:OutLoud Windows and Macintosh  Kurzweil 3000, 1000  TextHelp Read & Write Gold  Freedom Scientific WYNN  Freedom Scientific OpenBook  Gh Player  Dolphin EasyReader  DAISY Consortium AMIS  Nextup TextAloud  Innovative Rehabilitation Technology eClipseReader  DAISY software players - Free versions available for Members! Free for members high-quality Acapela voices

27 Compatible AT Hardware  Any AT hardware supporting text-based files  HumanWare VictorReader Stream and ClassMate Reader  Plextalk Pocket  BookCourier and BookPort  Braille displays like the HumanWare BrailleNote, Freedom Scientific PAC Mate, and GW Micro Braille Sense  LevelStar ICON™  Intel Reader  DAISY player for Symbian and Windows phones  MP3 players (educator or Member converts)

28 Read Books in the BRF Format (Braille Ready Format)  Use notetakers or refreshable Braille displays  Download books to embosser  Order hardcopy Braille books online through partnership with Braille Institute

29 Read Books in the DAISY Format (Digital Accessible Information System)  Flexible, versatile file format  Multi-modal reading on a computer  Visual presentation and/or synthetic speech  Easier to navigate  Chapters, paragraphs, and pages  Like HTML, plus some extra tags  Convert and play on MP3 player 

30 Coming Soon! NEW! Read2Go, the most full-featured, accessible DAISY reader available for Apple iOS devices!

32 Contact us.

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