Information for publishers
9 October 2015
Jennie Short, RNIB
Reading Services Product Manager, Load2Learn
What is Load2Learn?
A free online resource of UK curriculum materials in
accessible formats for all educational levels.
• More than 6,100 books (including textbooks and
reading schemes) downloadable as Word, PDF,
EPUB, audio and braille.
• Over 3,000 accessible images to support the
curriculum and general interest.
• Past exam papers and worksheets.
• Sheet music.
• Extensive ‘how to’ training guides and videos.
Print disabilities
Load2Learn enables learners who cannot read standard
print to read the same books, at the same time as their
peers, giving them the same educational opportunities.
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Blind
Partially sighted
Physically impaired
Dyslexia and other cognitive disabilities
Further information on our Print-disability definitions page:
load2learn.org.uk/help/print_disability_definitions.php
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Benefits for learners
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Access curriculum more easily.
Choice of format.
More engaged in class.
Able to join in with peers.
Work independently – class, homework, revision.
Improving self-confidence.
"I have a dyslexic GCSE learner who feels his grades have gone up by
one across every subject thanks to Load2Learn. He said 'I can read the
whole page now, before I only read the first paragraph.'" Jeni Parker,
Dyslexia Action
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Benefits for staff
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Save time.
Get resources to learners more quickly.
Modify resources more efficiently.
Share scarce resources with other educators.
Learn new skills and improve provision generally.
Load2Learn supports reporting requirements.
"By reducing the amount of preparation required our Support Workers'
time is freed up to support learners in the classroom setting, as
opposed to spending long periods at the computer." Phil Carrington,
Resource Technician, Staffordshire Vision Impairment Service
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Benefits for publishers
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Save time and costs.
Get resources to learners more quickly.
Meet Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.
Additional marketing opportunity to educators.
Load2Learn can provide regular download reports
"I like the way you are involving publishers, I hope all publishers buy into
this way of providing their resources." Phil Nabozny, Braille and
Visual Resources Technician, Kirklees.
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Members
6,051 members (3,101 different organisations)
• 1,208 members downloaded resources Sept. 2015
Reach 11 per cent of UK schools and colleges:
• 86 Universities
• 156 Sixth Form/FE Colleges
• 1,155 Secondary Schools
• 1,122 Primary Schools
• 148 Special Schools
• 91 all age schools
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Website traffic
49,888 unique visitors since January 2015:
• 9,336 unique visitors in September 2015
• 103 countries visited in September 2015
• Membership opened to overseas in November 2014.
30,684 resources downloaded since January 2015:
• 86 per cent books
• 12 per cent images
• 2 per cent past exam papers, worksheets and music
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Publishers
50 publishers engaged (plus 64 imprints), including:
• Pearson UK
• SAGE Publications
• Oxford University Press
• Hodder Education
• HarperCollins
• Taylor and Francis
• Kogan Page
Further information on our Publisher Supporters page:
load2learn.org.uk/about/Publishers/publishers.php
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Book requests
Members can request books not currently available:
• 2015/16 - 3,827 requests to 9 October 2015
• 2014/15 - 2,390 requests
• 2013/14 - 1,637 requests.
• 80% of requests fulfilled.
• 20% unfulfilled (book too old / publisher not yet engaged).
Further information on our book request page:
load2learn.org.uk/about/request/request_books.php
"Sourcing accessible books takes much less time using Load2Learn, than
when I had to approach publishers myself. The book also now usually
reaches the learner when it's needed." Angela Bale, Sensory Service, Telford.
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Books by education level
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FE/HE (including A Level): 18 per cent
Key Stage 4: 15 per cent
Key Stage 3: 14 per cent
Key Stage 2: 26 per cent
Key Stage 1: 22 per cent
Early Years: 0.5 per cent
General: 4.5 per cent
Focus on Further and Higher Education in 2014.
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FE / HE growth
• Over 2,000 titles provided by SAGE Publications
• Over 700 titles provided by Kogan Page
• Strong relationship with Jisc
• Upload your books and help to build a great central
pool of accessible resources. This will save
everybody time and ensure print-impaired learners' get
faster access to the resources they need.
Further information on our contribute page:
load2learn.org.uk/about/contribute.php
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UK development in 2015/16
• Increase publisher engagement and improvements
to file delivery (back catalogues in bulk and newly
published, live on site much faster)
• Increase textbooks available in more formats
• Develop our Welsh language content.
• Increase university engagement - working with JISC
and University Libraries Team
• Marketing campaigns to schools, colleges and
universities - increase members by a minimum of 15
percent year on year.
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Overseas
We opened Membership for overseas schools in
November 2014.
• 5 overseas members at 9 October 2015 - there is a
small charge for overseas membership.
• Europe can access all of the images and 90 per cent
of the books
• Rest of the world can access all of the images and
books where the publisher has granted Worldwide
permission
• RNIB holds the Copyright for the accessible images
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Overseas continued
• Explore relationships with overseas publishers
• Build on our relationship with BookShare.org
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Member comments
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"Load2Learn has transformed a dyslexic girls life. She told me 'I'll
never grow up, I'll always have to have someone reading to me'. Now
thanks to Load2Learn she is like all the other girls and her sensory
advisor has never seen her so happy." Wendy, SENCO, Secondary
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"Load2Learn has become an invaluable resource for our visually
impaired learners, our service and the schools we support. It is difficult
to imagine life without it now!" Liz Cullen, Specialist Advisory
Teacher, Hertfordshire
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"Daily I sing your praises more! Thank you for this superb website.
There is real expertise and understanding of the issues for print
disabled youngsters." Sarah Cross, QTVI, Leeds
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For more information
Website. load2learn.org.uk
Email. info@load2learn.org.uk
Tel. 0300 303 8313
FAQ pages: load2learn.org.uk/help/FAQ_homepage.php
Your Load2Learn: load2learn.org.uk/YourLoad2Learn/publishers.php