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How One Library Is “Loaning out the Internet” Using Mobile Technology

Tech Soup

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way. PCL is a nonprofit network of nine neighborhood libraries that provide free, accessible library services and serve as vibrant neighborhood hubs. But borrowing the Internet?

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A Modest Complaint to Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Thanks to incredible work on the part of socially responsible publishers, our volunteers and the Bookshare team, we've been adding books at at incredible rate: more than 10,000 books in the last month. Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. This represents a 10x growth over the past 6 years, and a 20% and 25% growth, respectively, over less than a year: growth rates associated more with successful commercial services, and unheard of in our field. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Q&A With Fauzia Burke, President Of FSB Associates

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I also speak nationally, consult, and write for national publications. There is a lot of information available for free, and although people are reading more, the rate of reading online is steadily increasing. Burke : I am a big fan of ebooks, although format of books is less interesting to me.

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70+ Free Nonprofit Resources to Help You Raise More

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These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Whether you’re just starting on your fundraising journey or a seasoned fundraising professional, these free resources will help you fill up your team’s digital library! Nonprofit Nation. Nonprofit Library. We Are for Good.

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A Mobile and Social Fundraising Success Checklist for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, for those nonprofits that have purchased the ebook version of Mobile for Good it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality and content. Follow and study UNICEF , SOS Children’s Villages , ONE Campaign , National Park Foundation , and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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A Fundraising Success Checklist for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For those who have purchased the ebook of Mobile for Good , it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality. Interactive, web-based ebooks will transform publishing in the near future, but until the technology arrives, you can copy and paste the checklist below in Word document. .