Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries. These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Nearly all brands have a social presence, and libraries are no different. Libraries are using social platforms now more than ever before. The New York Public Library has 2.2 Social media is playing a significant role in helping libraries stay relevant in our ever-growing digital society. More than half (55.7

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Library Giving Day is an international one-day fundraising event that could significantly boost your library’s fundraising potential. How can you plan a more successful Library Giving Day? In 2022 alone, Library Giving Day reported 12,168 total donations adding up to $1.6 Check out what other libraries have done.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Alongside the new hardware, NVIDIA announced a suite of AI-powered tools, libraries and software development kits designed to accelerate AI development on PCs and workstations. NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, built on CUDA, is a collection of libraries that deliver dramatically higher performance compared with CPU-only alternatives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2012

Part of my objective was to show the unintended consequences of Internet censorship bills like SOPA and PIPA (SOPA's Senate buddy bill), responding to alerts from organizations I trust like the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands).

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

The company is also building a text-to-image "foundational" AI model, dubbed Pinterest Canvas , which it says is designed for "enhancing existing images and products on the platform." The platform has stressed that there is an opt-out button for the AI training, and says it doesn't train its models on data from minor users.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. SEChallenge a11y accessibility Bookshare crowdfunding CrowdRise Huffington Post print disabilities Reading Skoll Foundation veterans'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation created a very robust FAQ page for event participants. In addition to traditional questions and answers, they embedded instructional videos and provided a participant resource library. We suggest setting up shop in libraries, the mall, community centers, and anywhere else people visit.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on foundations in your area or state. Build a relationship with the staff and board of your local community foundation. Prospecting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

for nonprofits and discusses how to lay a foundation for future success on the Social Web, and then quickly moves into discussing the top five social media best practices for nonprofits with a particular focus on Facebook and Twitter. The webinar begins with defining Web 1.0

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Charity Village

MAY 11, 2023

The Olive Tree Foundation invites eligible organizations to apply for grants to support projects and initiatives. Eligible organizations include social, community and health services; education and library services; policy institutes and think tanks; and arts, culture & heritage.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

" Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this! .'" " Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this! For every tax dollar you pay, the library returns several to you in reading, research, programs and other services.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2017

GivePower Foundation. First Things Foundation. Belmont Public Library. These nonprofit designs are getting a lot of love on Behance — an Adobe site that allows designers to show off their work   —   and it ' s no wonder why. Designs by Kyson Dana and Garth Pratt using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. PangeaSeed.

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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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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Many non-profit organizations rely on grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies to round out their fundraising efforts. Go to a board meeting and let your board members know that you are conducting grant research to determine which foundations to apply to for grants for the coming year.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 15, 2014

How would you like to write a check to your favorite nonprofit, library, or charitable religious organization for $12,000 this holiday season? techsoup religiousorgs nonprofit nonprofits foundation libraries charity savings technology' I'm sure most of us would love to make this kind of generous gift. spanhidden.

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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. Bernie was represented last night by Marie Young of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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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. I don’t wait for my books for new classes; I search the library and find them myself.” Now, with the Skoll Foundation’s matching support, your gift will have far more impact!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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NetWits

MARCH 21, 2012

TechSoup Global wants to learn more about how nonprofits, libraries, foundations and all types of NGOs use traditional and cloud-based technology. Take the survey or share it with others you know.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The public library plays a central role in serving the dynamic needs of communities across the country, and is often the first place a person turns to for help. At the Free Library of Philadelphia , we are meeting those needs by offering services to Philadelphia’s nonprofit community. From there, they are hooked!

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

Candids Issue Lab is an open-access library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing reports, case studies, surveys, and toolkits published by social sector organizations. Kellogg Foundation. Data Science, AI and Data Philanthropy in Foundations: On the Path to Maturity by Philea and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

Cleveland, OH: 2 positions (sponsored by The Cleveland Foundation). Ellie Avis, a fellow in Josephine County, OR, launched a hotspot lending program that allows library patrons to bring their connectivity home. Austin, TX: 1 position (sponsored by Google Fiber). Huntsville, AL: 1 position (sponsored by Google Fiber).

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

In her role of Community Marketing Manager at Maine Cancer Foundation , Erlene LeBorgne specializes in developing creative ways to cultivate her community of avid supporters and assist them with their fundraising efforts. Another way the folks at the Maine Cancer Foundation support their fundraisers is through their email “Trophy Case”.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) has invested more than $230M into a collection of programs seeking to make Jewish life and Jewish community more connected. Phase 3: Optimizing the PJ Library Publishing Team. To learn more about the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, visit hgf.org. . Written by Blake Becker.

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fast.ai

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Three years ago we pioneered Deep Learning from the Foundations , an in depth course that started right from the foundations—implementing and GPU-optimising matrix multiplications and initialisations—and covered from scratch implementations of all the key applications of the fastai library.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In addition to developing those signature sounds, members' work also laid early foundations for creating electronic music and sampling. Now, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop library is being offered to today's creators to sample through a collaboration between Spitfire Audio and BBC Studios.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Q&A with a Toledo-based library on building community capacity. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

BrainStorm Therapeutics AI models, which run on NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud , were developed using the NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework , a set of programming tools, libraries and models for computational drug discovery. The company is a member of NVIDIA Inception , a global network of cutting-edge startups.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). Dave kindly met with me for a one-on-one training session on Candid’s resources, and I was absolutely amazed by what was available to nonprofits for free through the library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

While generation Z is not yet influential on your fundraising campaigns, nonprofits that work in education, child services, and youth empowerment should be laying a foundation now for future outreach. Milliennials also value privacy and time away from mobile and social media, reading print copies of books, and regularly visit libraries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Some nonprofits have begun to lay a foundation for their mobile communications strategies. Foursquare is essential for nonprofits that are location-based (such as museums, food banks, and libraries ). A smartphone or tablet will be their primary tool. Most haven’t considered it. Foursquare.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Still, critics of the bill, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fight for the Future, argue that the CASE Act could fine ordinary internet users for engaging in everyday online behavior like sharing memes. The CASE Act is a terribly written law that will threaten ordinary Internet users”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom.

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