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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Like almost all libraries, we're scrupulous in following the law, because we're serving incredibly important communities. Make no mistake, we are for the Internet, we are for jobs, we are for legal access to content, and we are for human rights and freedom of speech. Don't Break the Internet!

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What is Grant Management?

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Table of Contents Grant Lifecycle Who Handles Grant Management for Grantmaking Organizations? Throughout an application period, the grant candidates submit their proposals, which are then managed and categorized using document management systems or grant management software.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Aiming at the revenue potential of these growth markets, the main international players in the world of digital content distribution – such as Amazon, Apple and Google – are racing to enhance their platforms with non-English content. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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Big Meeting on the Treaty this Week!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater. So, in the U.S.,

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). law (this is a wildcard issue right now).

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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law center also has an intelligence project working to track and expose hate groups across the country and a Teaching Tolerance Program that produces and distributes (entirely for free) anti-bias documentary films, books, and lesson plans! Black Public Media. Higher Heights.

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An Alternative to Writing RFPs for Nonprofit Websites and Technology

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Communications Director and Content Strategist Highway Twenty A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a common way nonprofit organizations invite bids for products and services. If you do issue an RFP, you should not assume all proposals you get back will be similar in scope, so that all you have to do is compare price tags. Bush, Ph.D.,