Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

As a result, we are increasingly working with other disability organizations in other countries to extend Bookshare’s ability to serve people with disabilities. Bookshare has successfully piloted an international library for the blind, but we’ve barely begun to remedy the global book famine. Thank you!

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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

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This gave us the chance to say thank you to many people, and a number of very cool dogs, who have helped make Bookshare what it is today. I always advise people to check back regularly given how fast books are added. How people access our books also got a whole lot more interesting in 2012. Thanks again!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

A way to bring people on opposite sides of an issue to a fruitful, positive meeting place? Then bow your head and say a silent "tak" (that's "thank you" in Danish) to the creators of the Living Library. What is the Living Library? The Living Library is inspirational. It's also well-documented so you can do it yourself.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Why should institutions engage with people in this way? The Museum 2.0 The Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Why should institutions engage with people in this way? The Museum 2.0 The Museum 2.0

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