Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 22, 2009
Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library. at its core.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Having a library of pre-made videos is helpful for the days when planned content falls through. Additionally, following trends is difficult for nonprofits when you take copyright challenges into account (organizations aren’t permitted to use a lot of trending audio). Second, it gives us a backlog of content.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
From my college dorm room, where I thought that pattern recognition could do more than target missiles, to my first successful high tech company where we built technology that could read just about any font without training, to Benetech’s founding with the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Bookshare actively cooperates with the Library of Congress in the provision of Bookshare’s services to people with disabilities, through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress (NLS).
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), This means you can take our content, post it on your website, or use it in your trainings or newsletters, and you don't even need to ask us for permission. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
This is one reason why our Human Rights Field Team is supporting LGBTI rights groups from the Caribbean to the African regions with targeted Martus and capacity building trainings. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.
Tech Soup
APRIL 25, 2013
Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. North York Community creates powerful digital stories by geting their constituents involved with hands-on training that brings them into the creation process.
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