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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. We’d also like to thank the Mada Center team for its great support throughout this process.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. It is the world’s largest online accessible library, adding books at nearly four times the rate of the next most prolific U.S. library that serves people with print disabilities (on less than one-sixth the budget)!

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. This has led to advancements that benefit everyone. Clearly, more are needed, but it’s a solid start. Is Spanish more your bag?

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