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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. Library 2.0

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Cloud Computing: Why Should Nonprofits and Libraries Care?

Tech Soup

Cloud computing is not going away and small and medium-sized nonprofits and libraries need to begin to understand it. We here at GreenTech urge you to gain at least a basic understanding of what cloud computing is and how it might impact you, your nonprofit or library, and your way of getting work done.

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5 Quick and Easy Ways to Make Your Website More Accessible

Allegiance Group

Ensuring your site is accessible allows people with these disabilities or limitations to have a better web experience, which can lead to increased engagement and response. Add Alt Tags to Your Images Alt tags, also called alt text or alt descriptions, are snippets of copy that describe an image.

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A Modest Complaint to Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I did the same later with Web Braille, and whole months have gone by during which I knew every book that hit the collection. Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S. Library of Congress and the nation's number one provider of books for blind people.

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Conferencing Virtually with Libraries in Iowa

Tech Soup

Back in January of 2008, a network of rural libraries decided to host an online conference to provide an opportunity for library staff and trustees to attend continuing education sessions in an online format, helping to reduce the strain on staffing and budgets. You don't have to work for a library to benefit from their experience.

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Nonprofits and Libraries: Have You Considered Web Conferencing?

Tech Soup

In my opinion, web conferencing is one of the easiest ways to be greener with technology. Tags: E-Learning Green Office GreenTech GreenTips Online Seminar Staff Telecom Services Training Using the Web and Internet Volunteers. Think about it.

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Discounted Computer Program Now Open to Libraries

Tech Soup

For awhile now, we at TechSoup (parent organization to the MaintainIT Project ) have been working with our corporate partners to open more donation programs to public libraries. In the past year, software donations from Symantec , NOZA , and others have become available to public libraries for the first time.

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