Adopt Library Literacy Problem 
Tech Soup
JULY 16, 2013
Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. 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.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Picturing the Problem. The barriers to increasing broadband Internet adoption. What we can do to address the problem. Nonprofits and libraries can use the infographic to help local government and other community leaders understand why increasing information technology access and use should be a critical community-wide goal.
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.
Non Profit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2021
One deeply entrenched problem that the pandemic laid bare was the difficulty for low-income individuals to access technology, or at least adequate technology. Yes, accessibility and equity in volunteering was a problem even before the pandemic, but as COVID swept across the globe, low-income communities bore the brunt of the consequences.
Tech Soup
JULY 17, 2015
They will create and promote digital literacy programs. This program addresses the relevancy of the Internet problem. federal government action toward broadband adoption , like the proposed Lifeline broadband expansion. Every Public Library in the United States. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training.
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