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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. Worth Trust , an Indian social enterprise providing employment to people with disabilities, partnered with Bookshare to provide book-processing services and expand the library.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

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I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text as well as large print.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

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According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Slack Platform overview: Slack is a messaging platform that enables employees to send and receive multimedia messages, including regular chats as well as audio and video clips.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. The Friends of the Davenport Public Library had a successful Giving Tuesday “Stock the Pantry” drive in which they collected donations to launch their 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program: 13. How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits? Host a concert.