The RNIB Bookshare education collection requires the educational organisation to create the primary account, members of staff (Sponsors) can then be added to the account along with learners (Members). Our collection contains thousands of accessible books, textbooks and images to support the UK curriculum.
UK education collection tags some books as "adult content," which depict extreme violence or explicit sexual content. Those books are not available to readers under 18, or adult readers who "opt out" of seeing adult content in their searches.
To view your download history select the "My History" link from your task bar.
If any of your personal information needs changing please speak to teacher or support staff who has a Primary Contact or Sponsor account.
RNIB Bookshare is available to learners with a 'print disability'. This is a term defined under The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 .
Qualifying disabilities are disabilities with a physical basis that severely inhibit or prevent an individual from reading standard print. This may be a visual impairment or blindness, a severe learning disability that affects reading, or a physical ability that affects one's ability to hold a book or turn pages.
The default number of downloads per 30 days is 100 books.
The book download limit is based on a 30 day cycle that starts on the day you download your first book. If for example, your download is 100, and 100 books were downloaded on day 1, additional books wouldn’t be available until day 31.
A person with a qualified print disability, such as visual impairment, certain physical disabilities and severe learning disabilities would qualify for UK education collection. Learn more about qualifications.
Students who had a learner membership linked to a school will be able to continue their memberships when they leave school. If they are no longer a student or eligible the Primary contact should remove them.