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National Library Week and Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. at its core.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), This means you can take our content, post it on your website, or use it in your trainings or newsletters, and you don't even need to ask us for permission.

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Are E-Readers Greener than Books?

Tech Soup

The answer is yes, if you buy and read lots of books, but no if you read less frequently or use your public library. They largely use e-ink technology to display content. Wikipedia has a good long list of all of them. They've been around since 2004, but have really caught on only within the last couple of years.

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Power Up Microsoft Office with Apps

Tech Soup

to see if your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or public library is eligible for the new Office. Wikipane (PowerPoint 2013, Word 2013) helps you look up answers quickly by bringing Wikipedia content available directly in a Microsoft Office task pane. Apps for Office. Read more about them in Microsoft's Bing Blog.

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Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century in 714 Words (or less)

Museum 2.0

ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Dear Museum 2.0-ers, But one page!

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

While a comprehensive 2003 report by Wenhong Chen and Barry Wellman rightly notes that "the digital divide is a continuum ranging from physical access, financial access, cognitive access, and content access to political access," they go on to assert that "Income is the most important factor that affects Internet diffusion."

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