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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., million students (15% of the U.S.

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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. While it requires a paid subscription, many schools provide free access to Foundation Directory.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As The best schools drive home the need to access the wisdom and economic opportunities of those who have already carved out a successful career.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Not all leaders think that way, but organizations that value equity of access must consider the plights of those who might be systematically excluded from engagement efforts. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I talk a lot about how technology can help create tremendous educational opportunities for students with print disabilities. Steffon Middleton and Jessica Pinto have both mastered the art of searching and downloading Bookshare’s accessible texts. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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