TechSoup for Libraries: Sustaining Technology to Serve Your Patrons: Dec. 2010

TechSoup for Libraries: Sustaining Technology to Serve Your Patrons

December 2, 2010

We are working toward a time when every nonprofit and social benefit organization on the planet has the

technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential.

Learn from the Experience of Others

You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

We help libraries support public access computing.

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TechSoup’s Product Donation Program

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Products are available to all public libraries that are listed in the IMLS database and/or have a valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

Donated Products

webinar & phone conferencing * FLICKRstaff scheduling * refurbished computers * financial

management * FLIP VIDEO * keyboarding for patrons * educational software * photocopiers

MICROSOFT * web site design * graphic design video cameras * virus protection * label makers * donor management * SYMANTEC * GIS (mapping) *

Wikis ADOBE * hard drives * remote desktop * firewalls postage machines * enterprise

applications telephony * computer–based courses

Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI)

• Refurbished computers– Perfect for staff or as a public access

computers– Desktops and laptops from top

manufacturers are available– Every computer pre-loaded with

Microsoft Windows and Office

Cloud Computing: why you should care

Story of an open source library

Security Basics: keep your computers safe

Cloud Computing: why you should care

Story of an open source library

Security Basics: keep your computers safe

This is how we do it: Webinars

all archived!

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Flip’n out at your library!Flip’n out at your library!

This is how we do it: Spotlights

This is how we do it: Cookbook Technology Guides

This is how we do it: Guest bloggers

We couldn’t do it without YOU!

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Get the Most Out of TechSoup• Find a range of technology services to help your

library:

– Request donated software and hardware– Download our free library technology

Cookbooks– Read library spotlights– Attend upcoming webinars and view

archives– Sign-up for our monthly newsletter– Read helpful articles in our Learning

Center– Learn from others in our community

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Upcoming Webinars

• Winning Grants– Thursday, Dec. 9, 11 a.m. Pacific time

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