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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. Although it might seem like a complicated document , we’re really excited about it because we think it will greatly improve global access for people with bona fide print disabilities. It does that in two main ways.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

However, once children learn how to read it is crucial to sustain their interest by cultivating a reading habit and while the aim was to provide a book in every child’s hand and a library in every neighbourhood we found that there was a dire shortage of high-quality, low-cost children’s books. See this blog post from Creative Commons ).

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

The Challenge is open to all nonprofits and public libraries in the world that have received Symantec product donation(s) and are currently using the product. (a) Also, do not submit content that contains elements that violate a third party's copyrights or trademark rights. Eligibility. a) Nondiscrimination.

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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

Museum 2.0

Copyright infringements: A large portion of historical collections are in the public domain. The Library of Congress advises collection users to go through a risk assessment process for each image they seek to reproduce. In the case of documents, historians regularly argue about the meanings of various passages.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

That basically entails figuring out how to allow staff and volunteers to get work email, documents and other data on their own mobile devices – and what to do when phones and tablets get lost or stolen. It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. There are remedies.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

Tech Soup

The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. The TechSoup 17 NTC Social Media Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions (Short). NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

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Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

1) Document Yourself Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson , two filmmakers, emphasized the importance of documenting yourself. Nonprofits who work primarily with policy still should document themselves because they have access to experts on their topic. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Be sure to check it out.

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