january 29, 2010 bookshare, nimac and your students
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January 29, 2010
Bookshare, NIMAC and Your Students
Betsy BurgessM.A. in Education,
Specialty in Learning Disabilities
Director of Marketing
650-644-3441
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Presenter
Bookshare is a project of Benetech - www.benetech.orgBenetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity
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Accessible Textbooks for Qualified Students
I get it! At last!
What is Bookshare? What is the NIMAC? Who uses the NIMAC? How does it work? What are states doing?
My student needs our language
arts textbook in
an accessible
format.
Digital Books Are Easy
Literature for 5th
grade
Literature for
5 th grade
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What is Bookshare™?
Bookshare is an online library of accessible media for readers with print disabilities.
Over 80,000 Members
Over 8,000 schools and other organizations
Over 65,000 titles
Over 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.
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NIMAC - NIMAS Simplified
National Instructional Materials Access Center National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard Source for K-12 textbooks purchased after July 19,
2006 when specified by purchase contract Over 15,000 textbooks and supplementary reading
NIMAC Demystified
Established under IDEA 2004 Requires states to address the need for
accessible textbooks for students with print disabilities
Central repository to store NIMAS files Established at the American Printing House
for the Blind, Inc. (APH) with support from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Finding NIMAC Textbooks
Log in to Bookshare Search for your textbook Average turnaround: 1 week or less DAISY and BRF
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Finding NIMAC Textbooks
Search the NIMAC and see what is there Go to www.nimac.us Click on NIMAC repository Look up book by title, author, publisher,
ISBN number.
Textbooks Not in the NIMAC
Search the NIMAC too Send request to Bookshare Send physical copy to Bookshare. Contact your book purchasing department
and see if request was made to publisher. Remember to stipulate NIMAS files in
publisher contracts. Go to http://nimas.cast.org/ to find contract
language.
Who Uses the NIMAC?
One state coordinator “names” Five Authorized Users (AU) who can
download files from the NIMAC. Additional National Authorized Users
States contract with Accessible Media Producers (AMP) to get files ready for students
NIMAC AU’s and AMPs
Student needs
book
Authorized User
Gets book
And gets it ready for student
Accessible Media ProducerRepository
Assign book
Gets book
And gets it ready for student
Accessible Media Producer
Bookshare as a State AMP
Free Accessible Media Producer (AMP) services
Current average turn around two weeks
Teacher Search helps identify state AU who assigns book to Bookshare.
Search
Bookshare
TeacherState AU
BookshareAssign
State AU
Bookshare
Bookshare as a State AU
Teachers with membership contact Bookshare directly
Searches turn into requests Bookshare gets books ready for students Teacher downloads book for qualified
student
Get Book
Search
RequestTeacher
Bookshare
Teacher
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Students Eligible for BookshareDisability Qualified/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.
AutismEmotional disabilitiesADHD
Not qualified, unless accompanied by a visual or physical disability, or a qualified reading disability that has a physical basis
Not applicableOther Learning Challenges
ESL and ELL
Record of disability kept
at school!
Students Eligible for the NIMAC
Bookshare Downloads Who Can Download Student Qualifications
Public Domain books Non-Members and Members None
Books with U.S. copyrightsBooks with International permissions
Teachers and Students Chafee Qualified
NIMAC-sourced booksEducators (K-12 U.S. public schools, some private schools and agencies)
Chafee + IEP
Bookshare is authorized to produce digital books in accessible formats through an exemption in
the U.S. copyright law called the Chafee Amendment.
Who Can Download NIMAC Files?
Any U.S. K-12 educator with Bookshare membership Student must have a print disability and IEP Currently Bookshare has more than 1000 NIMAC-
sourced textbooks.
Search or browse first
Look for your textbooks!
What Are States and Districts Doing?
Be sure you are a Member Send lists of adopted or
purchased textbooks Include AIM in students’ IEPs Provide training for teachers
on AIM Get assigned texts from
classroom teachers Request books from
Bookshare before school year begins
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It’s for the Kids!
Get textbooks for access to the general curriculum
Encourage students to read and study independently
Bookshare books, memberships, software and training are FREE!*
http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs
*Free for qualified US students
Additional Resources
www.nimac.us www.nimas.cast.org www.ldaonline.org www.cited.org www.eschoolnews.com www.closingthegap.com
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Contact Us!
Important contact information:
http://bookshare.org/contactUs
Get more information on the following:
-School Book Requests
-Training and Events
-Book Quality
-Tech Support
-Membership
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Q&A
Bookshare.org is a project of Benetech - www.benetech.orgBenetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity
Upcoming Trainings (All trainings are on Wednesdays at 1pm PST, 2pm MST, 3pm CST and 4pm EST):
April 1 – 1pm PST – How to Use READ:OutLoud April 15 – 1pm PST - Individual Memberships for Students April 29 – 1pm PST – Tips for using Bookshare on a Macintosh