[bookshare-discuss] Re: 2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print DisabilitiesReleased by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

"Duane A. Iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:47:47 -0000

Interesting, but RFB should NOT, and I have thought this for years, do books
doen by NLS as many of these, including all the Harry Potter's are.

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From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] 2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print
DisabilitiesReleased by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

> It is interesting to note that Bookshare has all of these titles in the
> collection.
>
>
> PR WEB
> Monday, January 03, 2005
>
> 2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print Disabilities Released by
> Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
>
> The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its
> annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered by students who are blind,
> visually impaired or who have learning disabilities.
> Distribution Source : PRWeb
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> (PRWEB) January 3, 2005 -- The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind &
> Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered
by
> students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning
disabilities.
>
> Christina Raimo, Boston Unit RFB&D Executive Director, said, "For more
than
> 50 years, RFB&D has been the nation"s largest educational library for
> students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning
disabilities
> such as dyslexia. Here in Massachusetts, RFB&D serves over 7,500 students
> and more than 300 schools with its library of over 91,000 accessible
> textbooks."
>
> Raimo added, "In addition to audio textbooks in chemistry, biology,
physics,
> mathematics and other technical fields, RFB&D has an extensive collection
of
> fiction and non fiction books, both in analog and digital format that are
> part of a school"s curiculum."
>
> The top ten DIGITAL titles are:
>
> 01. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
> 02. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> 03. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer"s Stone by JK Rowling
> 04. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
> 05. Holes by Louis Sachar
> 06. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
> 07. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
> 08. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
> 09. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
> 10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
>
> The top ten ANALOG titles are:
>
> 01. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> 02. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
> 03. Night by Elie Wiesel
> 04. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
> 05. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
> 06. The Giver by Lois Lowry
> 07. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
> 08. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
> 09. Animal Farm by George Orwell
> 10. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
>
> About RFB&D
>
> RFB&D (www.rfbd.org) is the largest national nonprofit organization
> providing audio textbooks to people of all ages who cannot read standard
> print effectively due to visual impairment, severe dyslexia or other
> physical disabilities. More than 5,700 dedicated volunteers from across
the
> country are the cornerstone of RFB&D and have recorded over 243,000
> textbooks that comprise RFB&D"s CV Starr Master Library. The Boston Unit
of
> RFB&D is located at 58 Charles Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For
more
> information, contact Christina Raimo at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
> 617.577.1111x11.
>
>
> http://press.arrivenet.com/edu/article.php/549823.html
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