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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Support Bookshare for Veterans

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For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading.

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Video: TechSoup Wants to Help You Change the World Faster

Tech Soup

In the spirit of our Storymakers digital storytelling challenge, TechSoup is thrilled to debut our own digital story! Meet some of the people who help connect nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations with technology education and donated technology products and services. Already know us? Peek behind the scenes.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff.

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Customer Story: The Duradash Activity Challenge Raises 6x More With CauseVox

CauseVox

The name comes from the “dura” matter in the brain, which is where spinal leaks happen. CauseVox helped Andrea run their Duradash fundraiser with ease, and accessed our library of free webinars and resources to help plan her campaign and generate fundraising ideas. and share via email and social media.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Our volunteers are the heart and soul and brains and heavy lifters (figuratively and-- when you have boxes of books involved-- literally) of our organization. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. donations), but we focus exclusively on return to humanity.

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