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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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Small Library — Big Service to the Community

Tech Soup

How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide. It netted $2,500 for the library.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the first librarian to host it, Karin Bricker, library manager for youth and outreach services at Mountain View Public Library, had to overcome some initial skepticism.

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LocalFreeWeb Combines Digital Inclusion with Public Transportation

Tech Soup

Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? I spoke with Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented LocalFreeWeb at the previous breakfast. Collaborating with Public Libraries.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

Boulder Food Rescue — First-Place Winner. Braided River — Second-Place Winner. The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner. We had many excellent submissions to the contest. " RE-Volv.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

Will you consider giving $25,000 this year in supporting youth in San Francisco? LinkedIn is a great place to connect with people. That’s what you need to say to somebody who is trying to give you donated Dell laptops. So julieordonez.com/couragelab is the place. It’s a beautiful thing a new library.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the things I like best about being on the Ushahidi board is that it was acceptable for us be also on our laptops and smart phones – and even tweet during the meeting. Ethan Zuckerman, fellow board members, shares his impressions here. The meeting and the workshop I facilitated took place in iHub, an open innovation space.

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