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A Software Lending Library in Kansas City?

Tech Soup

The new lending library project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Applications that are stored on library servers will be streamed over Google Fiber ultra-speed Internet to patrons’ computers and used just like they would be if patrons were in the library using one of the public access computers.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This concept has been pioneered by the Internet Archive with its Open Library can lend a digital copy of a book for a period of time as long as it (or a partner library) owns a physical copy of that book which it holds back from being lent to someone else. These were the days when people had just one PC at home. And, the U.S.

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Nonprofits and transparency: Who’s walking the walk?

NTEN

This Markets for Good article about the Children’s Museum of Manhattan describes how CMOM has collaborated with National Institutes of Health, providing real-time data to develop a health curriculum for young children through an unusually speedy process. Tools are licensed as open source, available for anyone to use and improve.”

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Top 10 Sources for Free Images

Tech Soup

Flickr is one of our go-to places for Creative Commons- licensed images. It allows you to search for photos with a Creative Commons license for noncommercial use and images that you can modify, adapt, or build upon. You can search by topic, location, type, author, license, and source. I use the advanced search feature.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. California became the first state in the nation to have a law go into effect concerning privacy. . Ashley Madison. Perhaps privacy is dead.

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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

This was mainly because refurbishers couldn't afford to put legal Windows licenses on used equipment. Refurbishers could either pay full price for licenses (and thereby price their equipment out of the market), or use pirated versions of Windows. The PC refurbishment industry was but a small, shadowy thing.

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The Best Online Safety Resources for YOUR Organization

Tech Soup

Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). Like it or not, it is not possible to keep kids off the Internet. The Internet has not changed that. That estimate still stands.