Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. But, by eventually following Donna’s advice and talking to the Office of Special Education Programs in DC, we discovered the funding and the way forward for Bookshare to begin to realize its potential.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Department of Education includes overseeing OSEP, the people who are funding our Bookshare for Education project to serve every student with a print disability in the United States. John Crossman demonstrated the completely new version of the Bookshare on-line library, which is currently in the first round of beta tests.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

For example, Welmer Cordova, who was badly burned in a gas explosion in Guatemala, lost part of his right hand. Nope, it was a librarian, John Walsh, at the Newton Free Library in Massachusetts! Now, he can open and close his hand thanks to a 3D-printed hand brace. Was it a doctor who printed Welmer's new hand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Do you typically fund American projects? So school or library-specific projects were and continue to be attractive to donors. We are really excited about our new partnership with BlogHers Act.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. It is a great testament to the strength of support for Miradi in the environmental sector.

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