[real-eyes] Fw: Major Great News about Bookshare.org!
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> Beneblog, the Benetech Blog, USA
> Tuesday, October 02, 2007
>
> Major Great News about Bookshare.org!
>
> By Jim Fruchterman
>
> Tuesday, October 02, 2007
>
> I'm delighted to share incredible news, which will transform
> Bookshare.org. On Friday, the Office of Special Education Programs of the
> U.S. federal Department of Education made a major five-year award of $32
> million to Bookshare.org. This will further the objectives of the
> Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by supplying high
> quality textbooks and educational materials to students with special
> needs. This funding is to fully support all schools and students with
> qualifying print disabilities in the United States, K-12 and
> post-secondary, with access to the entire Bookshare.org collection of
> accessible electronic books and to software for reading those books. As of
> October 1, 2007, we have ceased charging these schools and students
> anything to join Bookshare.org. We also expect to add over 100,000 new
> educational titles in high quality DAISY and Braille formats over the next
> five years, getting students the terrific quality textbooks they need for
> academic succ
> ess!
>
> I spent most of the Clinton Global Initiative conference working with the
> Department of Education's special ed professionals to wrap this up, and it
> happened Friday afternoon: the last day of the federal government's fiscal
> year. It was too late to announce it as a CGI commitment at the
> conference, but the CGI folks were pretty excited for me.
>
> We've already had a surge of schools registering with Bookshare.org just
> through word of mouth spread by our volunteers. We'll be hiring new people
> to help us meet the demand, so watch our job posts and Bookshare.org. This
> will make a tremendous impact on Bookshare.org, and the winning of this
> competition is a real mark of the strength of our team.
>
> Posted by Jim Fruchterman at 5:51 AM
>
>
> http://benetech.blogspot.com/2007/10/bookshareorg-bookshareorg.html
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