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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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Center maintains an online database and, for a moderate fee, will allow you online access to their online database of funders. If you can’t afford to purchase access, the Foundation Center works with a number of Regional Foundation Centers which provide free access to the Online Directory during regular business hours.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

The United States Senate has a terrific opportunity to expand opportunity The United States Senate has just been presented with the ratification package for the Marrakesh Treaty. As the operators of the largest library using this exception in the United States, we see these changes as minor and helpful clarifications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The nonprofit Benetech team built the revolutionary Bookshare library for this community, all online, and based on the powerfully flexible ebook. We named this library Bookshare because it was created with an army of crowdsourcing volunteers, many of them blind people themselves, who scan the books using optical character recognition.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While it is celebrated in the United States, it’s also observed in various ways in many other countries. See hashtag #NationalPhilanthropyDay National Philanthropy Day in the United States dates back to the 1980s when it was conceived by Douglas Freeman, a professional fundraiser.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

We have the technology, we have the content, and now we have the legal framework to make it possible for every person with a print disability on the planet to get access to the books they need for education, employment and social inclusion! The Benetech team is delighted by its adoption today.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. For starters, it closely follows the Chafee Amendment , which is the copyright exception that has made Bookshare possible in the United States. copyright exception.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. Benetech has already solved this problem for students in the United States. We can scale quickly.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Works Covered.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library. Library 2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This revised project included the conversion of books into accessible formats and working with multiple schools. Moreover, Bookshare basically breaks even in the United States thanks to contracts to provide the services, from the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

The Goal The goal is pretty clear: insuring that every person on the planet with a serious print disability has access to the books and other printed material that they need to get an education, make a living and be included in society. So, your lawyer’s opinion may vary, and is likely to be better informed on the legal aspects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. My core point: Don’t put up bureaucratic barriers to access. The biggest challenge for access is that it’s expensive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. Here in the United States, we’re especially focusing on expanding our efforts to help more disabled veterans.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

So much so, that we created a program and began partnering with hundreds of organizations across the United States (and a few points abroad) to help them become go-to hubs for their local nonprofit communities. Candid’s partners come in many forms: public libraries, community colleges, nonprofit resource centers, and foundations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

A related, but slightly different and less recognized issue, is the fact that people with disabilities such as blindness often have limited access to printed materials, even if they are well-educated. One of the programs developed by Benetech is a digital library called Bookshare.org. www.bookshare.org.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. These smartphones are rudimentary, but do provide web and email access and also run Android apps.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. The recent Indian copyright amendment that creates an exception similar to Section 121 in the United States, which makes it possible for us to set up a Bookshare-style crowd-sourced library in India with local partner NGOs.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

As more applications move to "the cloud," where they can be hosted online and accessed from anywhere, many nonprofits and libraries are wondering whether they should be moving their files, email, or other tech needs to hosted online parties as well. Register now and join us on December 6!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 4, 2015

Tomorrow is an exciting day for our Bookshare online library for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. There are more books to be scanned, and many more people who need accessible books here in the United States and around the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. Bookshare has reshaped the accessibility field and today serves over 250,000 members (the majority of whom are U.S. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Candid

MAY 18, 2022

The wide range of objects help show that the United States has been shaped and reshaped by the giving of everyday philanthropists, grassroots organizations, major institutions, prominent benefactors, and fundraising and philanthropy industry professionals. . Can you tell us about the Foundation Directory book ?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About. How Accessible Technology Works. This nonprofit has been running for over 20 years.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Embarking on Your AAPI Heritage Month Journey Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every May in the United States, provides an important opportunity to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Offer childcare, wheelchair access, multi-lingual materials, etc.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Lisa Libraries. The After School Advantage (ASA) program is IGT’s flagship community initiative, devoted to providing young people with access to technology in a safe, nurturing after school environment while also promoting opportunities in digital learning centers in communities where the company operates. The Lisa Libraries.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2014

Want to make an impact on your library's community with technology? The Edge Initiative has officially launched, and public libraries across the United States can now apply to participate! to help libraries make strategic decisions and identify areas for improvement in their public technology services.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you work for a nonprofit or library in California, your organization might be eligible to reduce your. BetterWorld Telecom's donation program with TechSoup provides access to discounted telecommunications service. CTF provides funding for basic access services. E-Rate Discount for Schools and Libraries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. The book famine may be receding here in the United States with Bookshare and the increasing advent of universally designed and accessible ebooks, but globally we have only scratched the surface of the need.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. The road toward full access for braille readers has a number of other hurdles that must be overcome.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

In the United States, most children are taught that Christopher Columbus discovered this continent, that we created freedom and democracy. When we teach history in the United States, we often skip the parts that are not so wonderful. We tell a wonderful story about our evolution. You would be imprisoned if you did that.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

nonprofits, charities, public libraries, and foundations! best suited for nonprofit and library staff in the United States who are new to TechSoup or would like a quick tour of how to get more out of. Accessible Technology Event TechSoup Help webinars tsevent online seminars' This event is. our donation programs.

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Candid

MAY 19, 2021

The United States is ready for a mass mental health intervention. National Library of Medicine. While Mr. Gillison acknowledged that it can be difficult to find and access mental health resources, exposing their existence through writing and talking about them is a step in the right direction.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

Access to the Internet and computer training are key services. public libraries and some nonprofits provide. billion to expand access to. broadband services in the United States. Analyst at the Colorado State Library and a BTOP grant recipient, will discuss. To bolster their efforts, the.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Imagine children around the United States learning mindfulness. Boost gives members access to special products and discounts offered through TechSoup. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final. Honorable Mentions.

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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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