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JANUARY 11, 2013

In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books. In this third installment of our blog series, I’d like to focus on that achievement and share some of what we learned throughout the process of creating Bookshare’s first offerings in Arabic.

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United Arab Emirates Qatar eBook Language 162

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Analysis of the archive documents by Guzmán and his colleagues also provided critical information used to support the arrest in June 2011 of Hector Bol de la Cruz , the former chief of the Guatemalan National Police who is accused of complicity in García’s disappearance.

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Guatemala Statistics Analysis Sample 129

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JUNE 12, 2014

In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. A federal district court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust’s process was fair use under U.S.

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Accessibility Copyright Law Library 205

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In fact, some of these new directions are already being implemented: as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, AI is running throughout 2011 global actions with a focus on reproductive rights, international justice and stopping corporate abuse. I especially heard strong interest in building the Amnesty movement in Latin America and Asia.

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International Asia Global University 133

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MARCH 1, 2012

In his April 2011 keynote address at the U.S. And, of course, the enormous toll on the mental and emotional health of people with disabilities is hard to quantify. One of Senator Harkin’s top priorities is making a real impact on disability employment numbers. million to 6 million by 2015.

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Hosting San Francisco Law Education 140

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MARCH 14, 2012

When we planned the meeting in fall 2011, we hoped that the gathering would catalyze the development of the Martus community – that is, initiate connections between users so that they can serve as resources for one another.

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Global Group Thailand Burma 157

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

And more than 20,000 of our users now use Read2Go , our reading app for iOS introduced in 2011. Have an Android device? We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read.

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Literacy Program United Arab Emirates Student 166

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JANUARY 17, 2014

In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust digital library—a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created with Google a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world— alleging massive copyright violations.

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Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

MacArthur Foundation led to an apparent gain of $1,569,623 in the first year followed by average apparent deficits of roughly $500,000 annually for the years 2009-2011. As with multi-year grants, this created an illusory surplus in 2008 and contributed to an illusory deficit of over $500,000 in each of the years 2009 through 2011.

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Story Grant Fund Library 155

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JANUARY 29, 2011

Statement on Bookshare January 24, 2011 Response to Request for Information Benetech, the nonprofit parent of the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities, is responding to a request to answer specific questions on how Bookshare operates.

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Student Accessibility New Jersey Learning 145

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MAY 13, 2011

Benetech President's Update Winter 2011 I’m pleased to provide you you a detailed update on Benetech for the first time in two years. Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history.

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Conservancy Norway Congo Sweden 140

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. The Africa Forum is the premier meeting of blindness groups across sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s held roughly every three years. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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