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Congratulations to all who participated in the Bookshare Express Summer Reading Event.  This year, we had over 245 Bookshare members participate all over the world, submitting over 775 entries.  Way to go! In this year’s reading event, participants took virtual trips by reading books about different places, planets and imaginary places. They traveled from Alaska in Akiak: A Tale of the Iditarod to Bloors Academy and an underground passage in Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. After completing their journeys, participants shared what they learned! This year, we expanded the contest to include two divisions: one for international and…

Bookshare is fortunate to have a variety of summer interns and volunteers working in our Palo Alto office this year.  Our main focus has been our text book image description project.  Our summer volunteers write text book image descriptions, review and revise descriptions, provide technical assistance, and proofread children’s books with new image descriptions.  We’re especially grateful for the participation of two blind Bookshare members, who have provided input on how to write the best image descriptions.  Volunteers have also helped us prepare for the ACB and NFB summer conferences, and contributed to our marketing, collection development, and international departments. …

A post from Jim Fruchterman, CEO of Benetech Every week our Bookshare team hears from our Members. I am thrilled to get copied on these emails: it reminds me of why we do here at Benetech! I appreciate that so many of our Members take the time to write and thank our team. Changes often inspire Members to write and it is so helpful to hear about what works (and what doesn’t work so we can fix it). The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members…

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Are you looking for something fun to do this summer? Get on the Bookshare Express, our annual summer reading event! This summer, all Individual Bookshare Members are invited to participate in our annual reading event that keeps getting better. In the event this year, take a trip to places near and far, real or imaginary, all through books! How do you participate? There are two ways to participate in this summer’s reading event: Summer Contest for U.S. students with Individual Memberships Summer Promotion for non-students and International Members Summer Contest for U.S. Student Members U.S. student members are invited to…