Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. At Benetech, our commitment is to uphold that social deal.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. Benetech’s Bookshare is the world’s largest accessible online library dedicated to serving people with print disabilities. thanks to our domestic copyright exception.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2011
In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. Free professional development for school districts across the country in order to increase utilization of Bookshare and serve as many students as possible.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 18, 2007
Next week I'm doing a Webinar for Extension Professionals , a remix of 10 Steps to Association 2.0 Point out each area of disagreement and why in a brief, non-rantish, professional manner. Professional development - reflect and learn about your work. which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 6, 2006
We had a wide array of key people at the meeting, including the head of IT at the university, another blind professor, top librarians, the heads of NGOs serving the blind and the head of library services for the blind [check titles]. Jags and I then joined a blind technical/professional couple for dinner: Dinesh and Madhu Kaushal.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
But this is not always the first priority for professionals in the museum field. Some collections stewards, steeped as they are in professional artifact-protection standards, are reluctant to shift toward the more open version of institutional access that engagement advocates promote. Followers of Museum 2.0
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