For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries. Our collection has grown from 70,000 books to almost 110,000 books in the U.S. Thank you! MORE >>

Our Bookshare team has also been working on a special project with Qatar’s Mada Assistive Technology Center to add Arabic-language books to the collection. People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. These texts will be available in early 2012.? MORE >>

Currently, we are working on building clientele in Doha, Qatar as we continue to work with longtime partners the Supreme Education Council and the Supreme Council of Information Communication and Technology. When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim MORE >>

Through a funded partnership with the Mada Center in Qatar, in 2011 we will pilot Arabic language capability and content, enabling Bookshare to start serving readers throughout the Arabic-speaking world. President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! and James L. MORE >>

We and our sweet crowd of regulars were joined by event socmed expert Chris Bucchere , ( @bucchere ), which was totally awesome, as well an old friend from university, Nigel Gourlay, who now lives in Qatar and has set up a daily news aggregator for his town of Doha. at 3 pm EST. Got burning questions about social media strategy? mean really. MORE >>