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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Doesn’t post-secondary include
community colleges, four-year colleges and universities?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Nick Baker<br>
Assistive Technology Coordinator<br>
nick.baker@umontana.edu<br>
406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY)<br>
406-243-2663 (Voice only)<br>
<br>
Disability Services for Students<br>
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Montana</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
EL 154<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">32 Campus Drive</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Missoula</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MT</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">59812</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Daryl Murphy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 02, 2007
10:59 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Access
Technologists in Higher Education Network</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Athen] FW:
[bksvol-discuss] Great news about Bookshare.org</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>No community
colleges or 4 year institutions. Still leaving us out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kelly Ford<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 02, 2007
9:36 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Access
Technologists in Higher Education Network</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Athen] FW:
[bksvol-discuss] Great news about Bookshare.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Apologies if this was posted here
already. I didn't see it on the list.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kelly</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
bksvol-discuss-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@freelists.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Lisa Friendly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 30, 2007
7:22 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bksvol-discuss@freelists.org;
bookshare-discuss@freelists.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [bksvol-discuss] Great
news about Bookshare.org</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Forwarded from Jim Fruchterman:<br>
<br>
I'm happy to share incredible news, which will transform Bookshare.org.<br>
On Friday, the Office of Special Education Programs of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> federal<br>
Department of Education made a major five-year award of $32 million to<br>
Bookshare.org.<br>
<br>
This funding is to fully support all schools and students with<br>
qualifying print disabilities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, K-12 and<br>
post-secondary, with access to the entire Bookshare.org collection of<br>
accessible electronic books and to software for reading those books. As<br>
of October 1, 2007, we will cease charging these schools and students<br>
anything to join Bookshare.org as members. <br>
<br>
In this initial news flash, I can't begin to share with you all of our<br>
plans for Bookshare.org now with this funding. But, we are planning on<br>
adding more than 100,000 new educational books and materials to our<br>
existing collection of over 34,000 titles. We are going to reach out to<br>
every student, every family with a disabled student, and every school in<br>
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to offer them the chance to join the Bookshare.org community<br>
and transform the practice of making books accessible. We are going to<br>
coordinate with schools and publishers to deliver the best quality<br>
content possible and lower their costs in meeting our shared obligations<br>
to serve every student with a disability in the nation. We expect to<br>
provide millions of books to students through this new program over the<br>
next five years, at a tenth or less of the historical cost of providing<br>
these services.<br>
<br>
<br>
And, we expect our improvements to serve all of these students will make<br>
Bookshare.org better for all of our Bookshare.org users.<br>
Bookshare.org's track record of being highly responsive to our members<br>
will be enhanced with significant funding to implement major<br>
improvements to our content and services.<br>
<br>
Our volunteer community is an essential part of what made this grant<br>
possible, and you are a crucial part to making this a success in the<br>
future. Your commitment to our shared vision of better access to<br>
information is core to where we are heading.<br>
<br>
We want to make equal access to educational materials for disabled<br>
students a reality!<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
Jim Fruchterman<br>
<br>
President and CEO<br>
<br>
Benetech</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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