Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It supports the Sustainable Development Goals, which mention inclusiveness repeatedly, especially in the context of education. · It supports domestic human and civil rights laws around access to information and education. · It supports domestic human and civil rights laws around access to information and education. ·

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package. The creation of Bookshare was made possible because of an enlightened copyright law exception.

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JUNE 24, 2021

Stevenson spoke at Salesforce.org’s Education Summit where he shared jarring statistics, including that one in three black male babies in this country is expected to go to jail in his lifetime. I’m still burdened with this presumption of dangerousness and guilt, despite my education, and what I’ve achieved. They were assaults.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

From the beginning, it was about jobs, education, and money. Gender parity in education and equal pay for equal work are unresolved issues in 2017. women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. Law and Advocacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. As a result, people with disabilities were left behind, facing insurmountable barriers to opportunities in education, employment, and social inclusion. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? Our primary goal is to ensure that people with disabilities get equal access to the books and content they need for education, employment, leisure and social inclusion. civil rights laws succeeds, people with disabilities will be yet again be denied equality.'

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CauseVox

MAY 6, 2021

For example, “ Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. Summit Assistance Dogs is a 501(c)(3) organization and since you received no goods or services, your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. Example #2: Loma Public Education Fund’s ‘KEEP! xxx@xxxxxxxxx.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The cost of prototyping and deploying new technology tools is now extremely low and data has the potential to accelerate social progress in areas ranging from poverty to human rights, education, health, and the environment. Case in point: our accessible online library, Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. It includes pressuring national governments to enforce existing accessibility laws. which has secured a series of legal victories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You see, several months later, the federal Department of Education challenged us to compete against a well-respected national nonprofit 60 times our size in a bid to provide accessible educational materials for US students who are blind, dyslexic, or otherwise print disabled. I was wrong. million contract to do just that.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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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. federal law supports braille instruction. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. copyright law. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The template library consists of facilitator agendas for a wide range of meeting types.There is also a useful section of virtual meeting templates. Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. Lucid Meeting Agenda Templates -Lucid Meeting is a collaboration and meeting platform.

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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. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . law (this is a wildcard issue right now).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. Department of Education).

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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 20, 2009

Bookshare actively cooperates with the Library of Congress in the provision of Bookshare’s services to people with disabilities, through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress (NLS).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

During that time, we’ve grown from offering one product to offering many products and services, in four program areas: education, human rights, the environment, and, now, tech volunteerism. To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. The new WIPO Marrakesh Treaty for the Blind: we were an integral part of the team advocating for it, and how do we make it real as the leading library for the blind with global ambitions?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

These were the questions that inspired my relationship with Marta Sanabria, the supervisor of Special Education of Puerto Rico who invited Bookshare to perform trainings for teachers, parents and agency workers on the island. This photo was taken in a library in San Juan. They took place in Las Piedras, Bayamon, Hormigueros, and Ponce.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

Pew reports that the groups least likely to want to use the Internet are senior citizens, disabled people, monolingual Spanish speakers, adults with less than a high school education, and those living in households earning less than $30,000 per year. The Kansas City Public Library System will also have a role in this work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal. Attention: Schools, Libraries and Other Educational Institutions. Educational organizations walk a fine line: enabling student access. Key Considerations for Educators. For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article about education programs in Second Life. Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. Teams of Harvard Law students enrolled in Evidence will serve as the lawyers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Published on SANGONeT's content portal, NGOPulse, the organizations profiled range from education, social outreach, poverty relief, environment, and more. The students are generally post-high school, but have no access to further education or training. Children and Education. Art and Media. About SANGONet.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. 748, the third relief package Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law to address the US response to COVID-19. Institute of Museum and Library Services – $50 Million. Child Welfare Services – $25 Million.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2012

Nonprofits and libraries have used Shopify in some amazing ways. Library book sales. environmental education); Amnesty International (see below); and Punjammies (helping women who have been rescued or have escaped from a life of forced prostitution). Laws for Organizations that Accept Online Payments. Shopify in Action.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work. law that covers this is called the right of publicity. Whether you need permission to post photos you take for your library or charity depends on how they will be used and if the people in the pictures can be identified. You can indeed.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries? suggests just that.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

We met with the special education directors and curriculum chiefs of each state. I also got to meet Gregg San Nicolas, with the Department of Defense Education Agency, who provided several of the pictures in this post (thanks, Gregg!). education laws as part of receiving extensive funding.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2009

We thought the innovative work created by the winners and runners up was so inspirational, that they should be shared more broadly and could perhaps be a muse for other nonprofits and libraries. This week, we are featuring the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo), the winner of the Environment category in the print and photo category.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

They’ll share all the tips and resources you need to craft a suitable policy and educate your staff about their rights. Previously, as associate general counsel at Walmart Stores, she managed privacy law and compliance for domestic and international ecommerce, marketing, social media, and mobile initiatives. Jacob earned his J.D.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Its projects in Japan focus on educating and connecting Japanese youth with the young people KnK serves outside of Japan. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti. Our Local Impact Map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2006

Direct Link to " Tales from the Public Domain: Bound By Law " Museum, Education, and Library IT networks have special interest or affinity groups on the topic of copyright and fair use. The MCN (Museum Computer Network) Intellectual Property Special Internet Group is chaired by. Amalyah Keshet.

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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. The organization says its mission is "to support, educate, and empower the multicultural communities of North Texas. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

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. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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