1 Bookshare and Job Corps

2 Presenters Bookshare is a project of Benetech ( a nonprofit organization whose motto is Technology Serving Humanity. Laura Kuhn Job Corps Regional Disability Coordinator 2 Kristina Cohen Education Program Manager Bookshare – A Benetech Initiative

Agenda  Bookshare – free books and tools  Lifelong learning with Bookshare  How to get access  Additional resources 3

What Bookshare Offers  Over 190,000 digital books for individuals with print disabilities  FREE memberships for qualified U.S. students of any age through OSEP award 4  FREE assistive technology software  24/7 access to books

Bookshare Reading Options Download free software and books to a computer; read Computer Download books (in DAISY Text, DAISY with Images, DAISY Audio, or BRF formats) to computer, transfer to AT devices; or download directly to devices. AT Devices Read2Go: Download, read on iOS devices Go Read: Download, read on Android devices Download MP3 format for MP3 players Mobile Bookshare Web Reader: Read in an Internet browser! Web 5

Bookshare Spans a Lifetime StudentsTransitions Adulthood

7 Eligible Students DisabilityQualified/Not Qualified Examples of Competent Authorities Visual Impairment (VI) Blindness / Low vision Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority A family doctor or other medical professional, physical therapist, resource specialist, Special Education teacher Physical Disability (PD) Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority that the disability significantly affects the use of printed materials Learning Disability (LD) Reading Disability Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority, that the disability has a physical basis and significantly affects the use of print Autism Emotional disabilities ADHD Examples listed above ESL and ELL Record of disability kept at school! A family doctor, ophthalmologist, optometrist, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Special Education teacher; Certification from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the U.S. or similar national body in other countries A neurologist, psychiatrist, learning disability specialist, Special Education teacher, school psychologist, or clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilities Not qualified under this diagnosis, unless accompanied by a qualifying visual, physical, learning or reading disability as certified by a Competent Authority as above

Two membership options Individual Membership Access Bookshare at Home Student downloads for herself / himself Download books, except textbooks Organizational Membership Access Bookshare at School Teacher downloads on behalf of student Download all books, including textbooks Student Bookshelf

College Bound? “I have a student continuing on with postsecondary education, how do they maintain their Bookshare membership?”  They can use their time off to prepare for their new new school.  They will need an Individual Membership: As a Disability Coordinator, if you sign up the student with an Individual Membership, they can take it with them when they leave at no cost as long as they remain in school. In addition, they can get a few good books to read in the meantime!  Keep student status current with school information

Bookshare University Partners  Alliant International 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  Idaho State University  Indiana University  Landmark College  Loras College  Michigan State University  Miami University  Monterey Peninsula College  Mohawk Community College  Ohio State University  San Diego Mesa College  Santa Clara University  Santa Monica 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 Arizona  University of Arkansas  University of California, Berkeley  University of Colorado  University of Idaho  University of Montana  University of Texas, Austin  Utah State University  Whittier College 10

Find Your Textbooks on Bookshare  Look at other resources such as NIMAC (K-12 only), Learning Ally or Access Text Network.  Access Text Network’s Accessible Textbook Finder:   Purchase the book and send it to Bookshare. We can often chop, scan and process the book into the collection. (Caveat: Can take up to twenty weeks – cannot take highly formulaic books – images will not be retained.)  School book request – contact us through the Bookshare site.  Contact so that your book can be added to the dedicated Job Corps Library so other centers know it is available!

University Press Partners  Cambridge University Press  Columbia University Press  Cornell University Press  Duke University Press  Edinburgh University Press  Fordham University Press  Gallaudet University Press  Harvard University Press  Hong Kong University Press  Indiana University Press  McGill-Queens University Press  MIT Press  NYU Press  Princeton University Press  Stanford University Press  University of British Columbia Press  University of California Press  University of Chicago Press  University of Michigan Press  University of Minnesota Press  University of Nebraska Press  University of North Carolina Press  University of Ottawa Press  University of Wisconsin Press  University Press of Colorado  Yale University Press  Wesleyan University Press

Taking a Break? If a student is not continuing on for post-secondary education, they can still maintain Bookshare membership.  Student has 6 weeks to access Bookshare.  Student should notify Bookshare membership  Contact us at: (select “Membership and Registration”)  $75 Qualified non-Student - first year Breakdown: $25 one time set up fee for qualified non student +$50 yearly membership ( students need not pay the $25 )  Once a student again, membership is FREE!

Getting Ready for Membership  Work with the IT POC on center to discuss downloading software on student computers.  Get acquainted with the Bookshare website by looking through the huge selection of fiction/non-fiction and textbooks already available on the website.  Visit the Job Corps Community Disability website for additional information on Bookshare 14

Obtaining an Organizational Membership  Disability Coordinators are pre-approved through Bookshare to sign-up for an organizational membership on your center.  Access the Organizational Membership form on the Bookshare website & complete the form. There are a few questions you might be unsure of. Sign-up as a US K-12 high school & check the free lunch box.  Submit the form to Bookshare. 15

What Happens Next?  Once Bookshare approves the application, you will receive additional information from Bookshare a few other quick forms to complete.  One of the forms will ask you for a roster of eligible students; however, you can add them one at a time once your membership is active.  If you don’t plan on downloading the books yourself, determine which instructors you will authorize on the site to download books. You can do this at any time.  Books can be download to a disc or thumb drive. 16

What is Currently Available Academics  TABE  GED  Reading  And more… Career Technical  Nursing Assistant  Welding  Retail  And more… 17 If you have a student coming into Job Corps who will need career technical audio books, ask Bookshare about digitizing it for you as soon as you know they are coming.

18 Finally, consider signing up your qualified students for an Individual Bookshare membership!

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