Bookshare

**5. Managing "My Members**
=[|What is Bookshare?] =



Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities (from www.bookshare.org)

 * **Bookshare**® **is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities,** thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
 * **Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books.** People with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
 * **A searchable online library.** Bookshare offers approximately 127,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
 * **Readers of all ages.** Bookshare offers affordable membership, unlimited library privileges and a community of Members, Volunteers, parents, publishers and authors.

[|Who qualifies for Bookshare?]


Certification from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the U.S. or similar national body || unless accompanied by a visual or physical disability, or a qualified reading disability that has a physical basis || Examples above ||
 * ~ Disability ||~ Qualified/Not Qualified ||~ Examples of Certifying Professionals ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Visual Impairment (VI), such as blind or low vision || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Qualified || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A family doctor, ophthalmologist, optometrist, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Special Education teacher
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Physical Disability (PD) which affects one’s ability to read print, such as inability to hold a book or turn pages || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Qualified || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A family doctor or other medical professional, physical therapist, resource specialist, Special Education teacher ||
 * * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Learning Disability
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Reading Disability || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Students with a severe enough disability, and a professional certifying that the disability has a physical basis || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A neurologist, psychiatrist, learning disability specialist, Special Education teacher, school psychologist, or clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilities ||
 * * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Autism
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Emotional disabilities
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">ADHD
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">ESL and ELL || <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Not qualified**

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">[|Downloading Books:]
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<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">3. Saving the book:

 * ====<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Bookshare books are downloaded in the standard zip compressed format. ====
 * ====<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Bookshare books need to be “unzipped” before you can read the books. ====

<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">4. Organizational Members have **two passwords**,

 * ====<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> a “member password” for logging in to Bookshare ====
 * ====<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">a “download password” for opening downloaded books ====

**__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">How to create Individual Bookshare Membership for Students: __**

 * 1) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Login to Bookshare ======
 * 2) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Go to //My Organization// ======
 * 3) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click on //Members// ======


 * 1) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Find the student’s name in the list ======
 * 2) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Check the box next to their name ======
 * 3) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scroll to the bottom of the screen ======
 * 4) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click on //Individual Membership Form// ======
 * 5) ======<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The form will now be generated for this student. You can print it and send it home with them. The parents complete this form and send it directly to Bookshare to gain access at home. ======

Quicktips:

 * Add your students to your __Quicklist__ so you don't have to search through the entire district membership
 * Be sure to check out your personal preferences on your Bookshare account when logged in.