Karen Erickson, director of the UNC Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, and Gary Bishop, a professor of computer science, teamed up to create Tar Heel Reader, a vast online library for children and adults who want to improve their beginners reading skills.

The website hit 2 million books read on February 11, one thousand days after its launch in 2008.

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