Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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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. Register for webinar. About the Author. spanhidden.

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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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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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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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NVIDIA AI Blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

Built on the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, RTX 50 Series GPUs deliver up to 3,352 trillion AI operations per second of performance, 32GB of VRAM and feature FP4 compute, doubling AI inference performance and enabling generative AI to run locally with a smaller memory footprint. Whats in an API? For example, Black Forest Labs FLUX.1

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Engadget

MARCH 25, 2025

Though Music Unlimited isnt a top pick in our guide to the best music services , it still gets you lossless streaming quality and an extensive library of both music and podcasts. Its fairly simple to set up, too, though youll need to buy an external module if you want to store clips locally.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

” That's what Lily, a stay-at-home mom who ran her local Library Association, wanted to accomplish. "I want to create a subscription website where people pay to get access to my community, resources, and publications.” When she began to Google.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Others found ways to expand the opportunities within existing hometown industries: NCBiotech built pathways to bring more local residents into the Research Triangles booming life sciences sector. The citys locally owned Orion Amphitheater , the nexus of the $2.2 The initiative will also benefit local industry by slashing energy costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

This can be directly asking friends and family or even finding ways to host small-scale events like a happy hour at a local bar where you can ask the community to support you. In addition to traditional questions and answers, they embedded instructional videos and provided a participant resource library.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

to create an active paseo, which hosts local farmers markets and other gatherings. Global firm DLR Group significantly broadened the scope of adaptive reusethe practice of repurposing existing buildings for new usesfinding new lives for buildings like department stores, hospitals, libraries, and even jails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Consider replacing all your entertainment subscription services with a free library card, at least temporarily, says Erika Kullberg, an attorney and personal finance expert and host of the podcast Erika Taught Me. Most libraries offer newsletters, magazines, audiobooks, and even games and movies.

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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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Donorbox

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Ah, the local library. The comforting feeling of a good book, peace, and everlasting quiet that a library affords its visitors is one that can’t be beat. In order to keep your members coming back for more, your library must keep up – with the latest books, clean spaces, up-to-date technology, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 13, 2021

AIMP is a powerful and complete media player that supports local files, NAS and podcasts. It also includes a lot of tools to manage your audio library, including an audio converter and a tag editor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. If you are interested in having your nonprofit listed on the Giving Library, you can apply here. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

" Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this! "The Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator determines the value of library services in Topeka and Shawnee County based on per capita spending of local and state funding. . "The

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At Candid, we partner with libraries and nonprofit resource centers across the country to provide nonprofit organizations and local communities with free access to Candid’s educational resources, trainings, and products. Candid community partners are strengthening the local nonprofit sector and helping their communities.

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TechSpot

MARCH 6, 2023

reference library specification, two dangerous buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could potentially impact billions of devices. Exploiting the flaws is only possible from an authenticated local account, but a piece of malware running on an affected. Read Entire Article

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

3 – Local Grantmakers’ Organizations Most major metropolitan areas, and many other locales have regional associations of grantmakers. Second, see if the grantmakers’ organization hosts any “meet the funders” days, or allows local non-profits to make presentations to the group. #4

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

CityOptions is an environmental initiative to help local governments—particularly small and mid-sized ones—plan and execute effective sustainability initiatives. Our goal is to revolutionize the effectiveness of local governments in responding to climate change and other environmental impacts. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MARCH 4, 2019

Want to skip Starbucks in favor of something more local? These local hotspots offer unique flavors and experiences you won't find anywhere else. Multnomah Whiskey Library. Walking Distance From the Conference Center. Just need to grab a quick bite to eat before hitting the next panel on your list? We've got you. Citizen Baker.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Snappa is a simple-to-use graphics design tool with a built-in stock photo, illustration, and icons library. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Farm-to-Table Job Training: Grow Local Leaders. Fundraiser flyers: Create flyers for your fundraiser and post them on bulletin boards in libraries, grocery stores, coffee shops, and anywhere else that gets a lot of traffic in your community. 4) Write a captivating fundraiser story. How to Keep Up the Momentum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

If you want your nonprofit to be highly shared, retweeted, +1’d, repinned, and liked, then you absolutely must have photo-editing skills and a digital image library to work with. Regardless of whether your nonprofit is local, national, or international, nonprofits need to be ready to respond to breaking news and current affairs.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

If youve used one to build up a library over the years, that one is most likely to be in tune with your musical tastes. Other notable music streaming services Jeff Dunn for Engadget Deezer Deezer has an attractive app, CD-quality streaming, a competitive library, a (limited) free tier and the option to upload local MP3 files.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Selling premium organic breads from local bakeries via an online platform is what this startup does. Users get a phantom cash allocation to kick-start their investment track record, do their research via library resources, and can possibly execute real trades. HeyBread (E-commerce). MangoPlate (Discovery/social network).

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