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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

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Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. Update from CDI Chile's Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help. Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan. Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts.

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

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During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. InterConnection now supplies RCI with warrantied laptops and desktop computers that go to nonprofits and libraries in the United States.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, February 27 - March 5

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Carmina reports on the rate of adoption of broadband technologies in Chile. Brenda discusses the Lexington Public Library's innovative uses of technology. TechSoup.org and Adobe announce the 2009 Show Your Impact challenge. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. read more.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, noted Facebook's involvement after the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, as well as after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, explaining how the platform is educating the public and letting them know how they can help.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

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In Puerto Rico and Chile, there are museums made out of posters so that kids in parks can come and visit real art—well, it’s not real art, but you’re getting access to Picasso for $5. Which is really much closer to the library, which is why I know something about study storage, because individual quest is potentially there.

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