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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

Anyone can publish through blogs, wikis, and websites. " Dr. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. The Rise of Virtual Libraries. Virtual libraries aren't a new phenomenon. Success in Second Life.

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Online Community Meetup Recap: Meet the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team

Tech Soup

The Online Community MeetUp ended 2011 by shifting the focus to the meetup organizers – the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team. These tools are being used to announce educational opportunities and product availability and to communicate with nonprofit and library professionals and volunteers.

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How to Work Across a Distributed Team

Tech Soup

Check out the TweetChat on July 11 for a quick introduction on how it translates to nonprofit and library work. NTC 2011 TechSoup virtual teams presentation. Community team wiki with a distributed team resource list. Additional TechSoup Resources. on Slideshare. Susan Tenby's NTC presentation notes. on Wikispaces.

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NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

NTEN

The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. Current Affinity Groups will have until October 1st, 2011 to notify NTEN if they would like to become CoPs. How will the CoP members interact? What will happen with current Affinity Groups?

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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. Jobs was as usual quite prescient. Growing Supply and Increasing Demand.

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