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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

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In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

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I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month.

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Breaking News on the Global Treaty from Kareem Dale

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We had a wide-ranging conversation about Bookshare and the current hot disability issues. I found it very exciting as President Obama's position on this developing issue! There are many issues affecting accessibility including available resources, technical considerations, practices and market considerations. Really exciting.

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