>
 > >We're very excited to announce that Indiana University, one
 > >of the nation's leading alternative text production facilities
 > >serving students with disabilities, has partnered with
 > >Bookshare.org to make college textbooks available to
 > >students with disabilities nationwide.
 > >
 > >Indiana University will contribute all textbooks scanned in
 > >its production facility to the growing Bookshare.org library,
 > >the largest contribution of education-specific materials to
 > >Bookshare.org to date.  The arrangement also provides
 > >Indiana University students with qualifying disabilities access
 > >to the Bookshare.org collection (now numbering over 16,000).
 > >
 > >Indiana joins a number of schools nationwide in the effort
 > >to maximize the educational impact of Bookshare.org by
 > >sharing the textbooks they have scanned for their students.
 > >The scale and history of Indiana's book-scanning operation
 > >­ which has produced more than 1,800 books to date ­
 > >promises to make Bookshare.org a key resource for students
 > >at post-secondary institutions.
 > >
 > >Because textbook scanning is such a labor-intensive process,
 > >sharing by Indiana and other institutions will help ease the
 > >burden on providers of services to students with disabilities.
 > >
 > >  "We've spent several years developing a book scanning
 > >operation that can effectively meet the alternative text
 > >needs of our students with disabilities," says Margaret
 > >Londergan, Manager, Adaptive Technology Center at Indiana
 > >University, "and we understand the effort and resources
 > >required to do so. So we're very excited about the opportunity
 > >to share books through Bookshare.org, and decrease the
 > >duplication of effort at universities nationwide. As more
 > >institutions join us in partnering with Bookshare.org, the
 > >impact of our collective scanning efforts on educational
 > >opportunities for disabled students will only increase."
 > >
 > >The first of the books provided through Indiana Univeristy
 > >are already available.  For example:
 > >
 > >Why Nations Go To War by John G. Stoessinger
 > >http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=22738
 > >
 > >Knowing People: The Personal Use of Social Psychology
 > >by Michael J. Lovaglia
 > >http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=22622
 > >
 > >A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese,
 > >Spielberg, Altman (3rd edition) by Robert Kolker
 > >http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=22548
 > >
 > >The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human
 > >Geography by James M. Rubenstein
 > >http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=22509
 > >
 > >American Public Policy Problems: An Introductory Guide
 > >by Clinton V. Oster Jr., Eugene B. McGregor Jr., Charles F. Bonser
 > >http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=22071
 > >
 > >
 > >Scott White
 > >President, Richmond Area Federation of the Blind
 > >(804) 716-0559
 >
 >
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