Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. We, too, are working hard to expand Bookshare into more geographies and languages. Spanish publishing is one of the hottest digital battlegrounds.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal. intranet) access, AUPs are important to protect young users against. inappropriate language, pornography, and other questionable influences. to or accessing the network. organization’s data if the user is an employee) when accessing or while.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? As an independent territory of the United States, the schools of Puerto Rico are subject to the same federal laws and IDEA initiatives as every school in the 50 states.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. The centerpiece of the meeting on Guam was the first leadership meeting of the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project, or Pacific CIMAP for short. education laws as part of receiving extensive funding.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. national experience.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. is proud to be partnering with local law enforcement and Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence to pilot a Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) this October. " "STAND!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Blue Avocado

AUGUST 20, 2024

By hook or by crook, you’ve also received access to lists of potential new donors (maybe from other nonprofits you’ve collaborated with). But what took the most time was the language stating the maximum percentage of assets to be annually withdrawn. Imagine also that I’m on your list.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I want to make a distinction, which is, if people don’t know the language here, endowment is money that’s parked in the bank. So he created this organization that builds libraries, schools, girls’ scholarships around the world. And John Wood of Room to Read, does one of the best jobs I’ve ever seen around this.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

The goal of the treaty is to make it possible for people who are blind, or have other print disabilities, to get access to the books they need for education, employment and inclusion in society--no matter where they live. law--positions that would be hard for me to imagine passing our Congress.

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