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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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Have YOU used TechSoup?
What’s your challenge?
TechSoup’s Product Donation Program
www.techsoup.org/stock/libraries
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!
all archived!
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!
Look for this link on the website!
Sharing Library Stories
Newsletter & Blog
• Sign up for the monthly newsletter
• Read the blog
Look for this link on the website!
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
techsoupforlibraries.org/events
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