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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations.

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National Library Week and Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it!

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm having to quiet some inner Gollums while working on the presentation materials. An excellent first small step is to just identify the blogs that are hosting those conversations on the topics that interest you or inform your work. Professional development - reflect and learn about your work. I'm nervous.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. If you are interested in having your nonprofit listed on the Giving Library, you can apply here. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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