Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

In Authors Guild v. 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. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations.

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Machine Learning Mastery

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The 2025 Machine Learning Toolbox: Top Libraries and Tools for Practitioners Image by Author | Ideogram 2024 was the year machine learning (ML) and

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

This content frequently links back to similarly synthetic websites, helmed by fake authors and comprised of AI-generated text and imagery, created to cash in on revenue from display ads.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

If you've been on the hunt for some spooky horror books to add to your digital library, today's your lucky day. There's a great selection of indie horror e-books on offer as part of the Indie Author Spring Spectacular. The bonus is that once you've downloaded something, it's yours to keep forever in your library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

They walk through how to use your logo, your brand colors, typefaces, and often include other assets of your design library. 5) Design Library. Your design collateral will often include additional design elements that can be collected and stored in your design library. About the Author.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

But there is another piece to this, and that’s authorization. This is related to what you can do once you are inside the application, and Oso , an early stage startup, has created an open source library for developers to make it easier to build authorization in their applications. Today, the company announced an $8.2

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It will help those lingering outside the library with a laptop just to get a wireless signal for remote learning.”. “This is a program that will help those at risk of digital disconnection,” FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement Thursday. “It Rosenworcel said the program will be available within 60 days.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These author-organized events really do drop the price of e-books to absolutely nothing. Get Deal Why we like it These super popular e-readers help you take your entire library on the go. Stuff Your Kindle Day provides an unbeatable opportunity to stock up on hundreds of books without spending anything. at Amazon $145.96 Save $35.97

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2010

Bookshare is adding so much content that favourite authors of mine are creeping into the collection without my noticing. 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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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As you scout out gaps in your reading or movie watching, you can discover authors and films that expand your horizons. Digital readers: refer to your Kindle library , your read shelf on Goodreads , listen history on Audible, timeline on Libby , or any doc or spreadsheet you maintain with your favorites. AI can read the titles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 31, 2014

O’Connell is an author, teacher and journalist with 10 years of experience covering education and culture for local newspapers. Corbett Barr, one of the co-founders of the online training library Fizzle, doesn’t see online courses as a far cry from online pursuits such as blogging or being on YouTube.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Fiction author , sourdough bread lover , and former Twitter executive Robin Sloan is answering a question you may have never thought to ask: which New York Times Best Sellers list ebooks are in the highest demand in the US public library system? Some are perhaps more popular than the libraries were prepared for!

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2017

This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A competitive application process for selection of libraries from across the United States is now open and will continue until August 25. About the Author. Register for webinar. spanhidden.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Follow the lead of organizations like the Austin Public Library who have a sign-up form for those interested in participating. I especially love how the library messages the program as one about the volunteers, not the organization. How about interested parties already following you on social media or visiting your website?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Only a few complete sets exist in libraries. This authorized reissue is being brought to life through a $75,000 Kickstarter campaign by publishers D.A.P. That is until now. Photo: courtesy D.A.P./Designers and Designers & Books.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way. PCL is a nonprofit network of nine neighborhood libraries that provide free, accessible library services and serve as vibrant neighborhood hubs. But borrowing the Internet?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

When Bookshare was first created, we conceived of the concept of a digital library built by the people who use the library, instead of solely by librarians deciding what people with print disabilities should read. Tags: volunteer blind library Lyons Bookshare. Using a provision of U.S. Bookshare Volunteers are the best!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

On the bright side here in the United States, it’s now fully accepted that making accessible versions of books for people with print disabilities is lawful based on fair use, as has been recently affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Complex, document-heavy library sites, or sites that need document management. Community blogs with many authors and identified, authenticated users. Kinds of sites best done in Drupal: Large community sites where you need different kinds of content generated by users (blogs, wikis, job postings, etc.). eCommerce sites.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. I was honored to be part of a WBU-convened expert team that authored the original draft of the treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 21, 2009

Volunteer work Hello Bookshare Team, "The Adventures Of Eddy And Teddy Too Teff" by Lorraine Wooding was given to Robin Seaman by the author was very eager to have it in our collection. Here's a link to this new book in our library : [link] Rick Bookshare Lab. Tags: volunteer Laurie Pavi Author Costa Robin Bookshare Rick.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

School principals will often run this type of fundraiser by promising that the school principle will shave his head, or wear a chicken costume for a day, or run twenty laps around the school singing show tunes, but only if the kids raise $10,000 for new school computers or library books or a new school van. How about you?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

Bookshare As followers of this blog know, Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. Our commitment is to provide access to books for those who are unable to read a traditional print format and to do so without harming the economic interests of authors and publishers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? You might ask: why would an organization that in many ways provides a competitive alternative to e-readers object to e-readers being exempted from accessibility requirements?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. We are using the modular approach of the DAISY Authoring and Interchange Framework, which defines modules and profiles for the representation of books, journals, etc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. The deal was: help people with disabilities that can't access books and don't hurt the economic interests of the publishers (and authors). Work directly with publishers and authors.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

Rouxcel Technology Saves Rhinos With AI South African startup Rouxcel Technologys AI-based RhinoWatches, tapping into EarthRanger, learn endangered black and white rhinos behaviors, then alert authorities in real time of any detected abnormalities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. If the specific textbook is in the NIMAC, but not yet in the Bookshare library, an authorized user of the NIMAC must request for that textbook be assigned to Bookshare to be converted into a student-ready file.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? Do You Need an eLearning Authoring Tool? So, read on.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? An e-learning authoring tool is software that allows you to create multimedia-rich digital training content.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems E-learning is now the preferred mode of learning across educational institutions and organizations. What is an eLearning Authoring Tool? Do You Need an eLearning Authoring Tool? So, read on. So, read on.

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