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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here’s a glimpse at what we’re delivering: Open-content, publicly available and freely shared image descriptions and reusable graphical models to improve accessibility of NIMAC textbooks and Common Core content (this is so cool, I'm going to write another blog just on this aspect: look for the Triple Play blog!) In the U.S.,

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Delhi University

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I joined another blind professor, Jagdish Chander ("Jags" to his American friends), for beers later that day, and I learned about life as a blind professional in India. Jags and I then joined a blind technical/professional couple for dinner: Dinesh and Madhu Kaushal. Jags chose to come back to India rather than stay in the U.S.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Because that’s a lawsuit they are unlikely to win, and it would be a professional error to waste their client’s money attacking a library doing legal things. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. And then they go away.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Because that’s a lawsuit they are unlikely to win, and it would be a professional error to waste their client’s money attacking a library doing legal things. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. And then they go away.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. e-Newsletter.

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Free Graphics Software and Images

Tech Soup

This is a round-up of some of the free graphics tools that various folks have recommended to me including some sources for copyright free images. Some of them are really easy to use and some of them are geared to professional quality image editing. It does professional color management. is a free open source application.

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