Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of listening to several webinars that were part of the Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference. My kudos goes out to Library 2.0 and The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University for organizing this impressive virtual experience. does next!

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Forum One

APRIL 11, 2023

For example, the Chicago Public Library system created new children’s spaces in their libraries based on extensive visitor research and observed how families and children move through the new spaces and then iterate based on what they find. A great example is what the Oslo University Hospital implemented. Strengthen your brand.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The development of the tool is through a joint funding partnership between the British Heart Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute and is being carried out by a team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge. Source: Urban Libraries Council Working Group: Press Release ). Source: Charity Digital News ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Third, the print book is not universally accessible. We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. The next challenge we’re working on is to bring this incredible library to the rest of the world.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Lisa Libraries. The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. The Lisa Libraries. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. Guitar Center. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. First Book.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you work for a nonprofit or library in California, your organization might be eligible to reduce your. Qualified organizations include California schools, community colleges, libraries, government and district-owned and operated hospitals and health clinics, and community-based organizations. telecom expenses by half.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Best Science Website The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) is a multipurpose research facility operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. Since its opening in 1962, SLAC has been helping create the future, including the launch of the first website in North America in 1991.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For example, one proposed change to the Treaty draft would make it the responsibility of an exporting library to need to know details about the publishing status of a book in another country before we could fill a request from a bona fide person with a print disability from that country. For what am I advocating?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2021

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2010

Something called Zen Computer that gives you a meditation for every function key on the keyboard (the @ reminds you to consider your position in the universe!)).) Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S. Seriously, you guys rock. Best, Chancey Thanks, Chancey.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Consequently, it is reasonable for the Libraries to retain both the text and image copies. in addition to the text?only

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 14, 2016

Whether you’re a university fundraising for a new library or a nonprofit with a big, mission-fulfilling task on the horizon, you should consider a capital campaign.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University. For instance, if you live in New York City, several libraries offer free access to Candid’s tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2010

Libraries :: New York Public Library. Schools and universities :: UCLA. For the 10 types of nonprofits listed below, adding your nonprofit as a venue to Foursquare needs to quickly be moved to the top of your To Do List: 1. Museums and Art Galleries :: Museum of Modern Art. Performing arts venues and theatres :: The Tank.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Zach Bryant The change happened when Zach was in high school and his Assistive Technology teacher introduced him to Benetech’s Bookshare library. When our team last caught up with him, he was a busy student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, rejoicing in his ability to read independently and reach his full potential.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Universal City Studios, Inc., students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. of America v. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. Our partners proofread the text, fixing mistakes and adding accessibility, and ship us the files back to add to our Bookshare library. We scan the books in the U.S.,

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

OCTOBER 16, 2018

David Leonard from Boston Public Library. John McNutt from University of Delaware School of Public Policy and Administration. I’ve had some really valuable assistance from six very kind people: Rodney Byrd from TSNE MissionWorks. Gordon Gottlieb from Technical Development Corporation. Kathleen Malin from Rhode Island Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Since many of our organizations operate as libraries, we note that commercial availability of a book rarely impacts the availability of that book on the shelves of a library. Why should people with disabilities be denied library services because the book might be available for sale in an accessible format?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 9, 2020

For example, you’ll discover the lessons learned by Kodak, Xerox, BlackBerry, Delta, Barnes & Noble, Marriott International, FedEx, New York University, Greenwich Public Library and dozens more. And, how uncovering those lessons, success and sometimes struggles help chart the course for other businesses.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

These were modest jobs, many in campus offices working with university administrators and faculty members. While securing my two university degrees, I conducted in-depth research. But still, the university experiences of research and writing have been invaluable to my nonprofit career. Q: Will it help to become a volunteer?

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The first group was a group of 32 professionals who work or volunteer for nonprofit organizations through the Foundation Center located at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The second group was a group of 18 graduate students in a Nonprofit Communications course at Point Park University. It depends.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

It isn’t just that WordPress or Drupal work, it’s that the support universe is so vast that if you have a special need chances are almost certain that someone else has built a plugin or widget for it – in fact, there are probably dozens of them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

Maria was especially excited about Read2Go’s navigation features that allow her to search and download accessible e-books from our Bookshare library directly to her iPad and iPhone. Maria is a historical musicologist who is pursuing her PhD at Boston University.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Benetech's digital Bookshare library is currently using Poet to add image descriptions for its accessible ebooks used by people with print disabilities. Books with image descriptions will go back into the Bookshare library for students with print disabilities to use in their coursework.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

In libraries. On college and university campuses. As scavenger hunts. In city tours. At concerts and sporting events. For art walks. At zoos, aquariums, and animal shelters. At parks and outdoor recreation venues. At airports. In window displays. On t-shirts, mugs, pins, and business cards.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information about their journey, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. Department of Energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

TechSoup started the RCI program because we wanted to offer low-cost, high-quality computers to charities and libraries, including good solid warranties and free end-of-life recycling. Our customers are organizations like the Waukesha Public Library. This library serves 100,000 patrons in its 72,000-square-foot building each year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

It used to be that you needed to enroll at a local school or spend hours in the library to learn new skills. You don’t need to spend hours searching the library for the best books to learn about specific topics anymore. But the question so many people ask is how to actually learn new skills so that those benefits become possible. .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Religion Tech.

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