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Benetech Featured on the Giving Library

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The recently launched Laura and John Arnold Foundation Giving Library is a unique resource that provides this information about nonprofits through engaging video interviews. We’re delighted that Benetech was selected to be one of the first 250 nonprofits spotlighted on the Giving Library.

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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. Library 2.0

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Benetech's Statement to the Treaty Delegates in Marrakech

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech, my nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library dedicated to serving blind and print disabled people. Our library is unusual, in that our charter is to serve all people with print disabilities of the world, not just those in our country.

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Building a Global Library

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I gave my talk here on Tuesday, entitled: Building a Global Library for People with Print Disabilities. I was attending a session organized by the library association, IFLA, and he got up and talked about how Egypt does not have a culture of reading. A tech guy from Egypt was the standout moment for me so far.

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

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We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

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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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Benetech Closing Statement on the Marrakech Treaty

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It is our hope that Benetech’s Bookshare library, the authorized entity which we believe has the world’s largest accessible online collection with its 198,000 titles, becomes a major source of books for all people who are blind or otherwise print disabled. For years, we have been working to end the worldwide book famine.

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