About RNIB Bookshare
RNIB Bookshare supports learners with a print disability to access the curriculum. We enable learners who cannot read standard print, including those with dyslexia or who are blind or partially sighted, to read the same books, at the same time as their peers, giving them the same educational opportunities and putting them, for the first time on a par with their peers, creating an inclusive environment in education.
“RNIB Bookshare has been such a positive influence on him, he is bright, but was being held back by his access to the resources he needed.”
We provide accessible textbooks and resources for learners with sight loss, dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism and qualifying physical disabilities under The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
- We are free to all UK education organisations
- We have over 1,000,000 accessible curriculum and leisure titles and over 3,000 accessible large print and tactile images for the curriculum and general interest
- We support nearly over 14,000 schools, colleges, universities and sensory support services across the UK
- We support around 55,000 learners from early learning literacy to higher education
- We work with over 1000 publishers & imprints
- We process customers book requests on demand
- Learners can read electronically or adapt into various accessible formats (PDF, Word, DAISY, audio, BRF)
“I spent the majority of my first term suffering in silence, reading all my resources by eye, getting tired, frustrated and spending a lot of time trying to read. Bookshare was my saviour, I was able to download PDF text versions which were compatible with my text to speech software.”
About RNIB
RNIB Bookshare is run by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people. We recognise everyone’s unique experience of sight loss and offer help and support – this can be anything from practical and emotional support, campaigning for change, reading services and the products we offer in our online shop.
RNIB Bookshare was founded by RNIB and Dyslexia Action with two-year development funding from the Department for Education. The service launched as Load2Learn in June 2011. On 29 March 2016, the service was re-branded and renamed to become RNIB Bookshare.
Resources
- Get Started using RNIB Bookshare with our RNIB Bookshare_Getting_Started_downloadable guide (docx)
- RNIB Bookshare general presentation (PowerPoint)
- RNIB Bookshare flyer (PDF)
Contact us
Email. Bookshare@rnib.org.uk
Call. 0300 303 8313
Hours. Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm
“Between the books already available on RNIB Bookshare and the books which you have requested from the publishers, I have been able to supply a second-year nursing student with over thirty books within a week of accessing the reading lists, which is amazing for her (and us!)"