Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

If you manage a library, you have most likely invested a significant amount of time and resources in the physical security of your building. Keep reading to learn about cybersecurity threats, the specific vulnerabilities affecting libraries, and how you can protect your organization from attacks.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the Imagination. During COVID-19, libraries across the country have had to re-imagine themselves so they can continue fueling imaginations and serving communities. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

What’s new in library tech! Welcome to our monthly collection of fun and hopefully useful news items from our admittedly great Twitter feed and wherever else we find them.

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Donorbox

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Ah, the local library. The comforting feeling of a good book, peace, and everlasting quiet that a library affords its visitors is one that can’t be beat. In order to keep your members coming back for more, your library must keep up – with the latest books, clean spaces, up-to-date technology, and more. How to […].

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

Salado Public Library is situated in a small town of 2,400 people in Bell County near Killeen and Fort Hood in Central Texas. I spoke with Jeanie Lively, who has been the Salado Public Library director for 10 years now. The county has significant Black and Latinx communities, which comprise almost half of the county's population.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

On December 9, 2021, the team at TechSoup ran a webinar to explain what these changes mean for the public libraries we serve. The webinar was led by TechSoup's own Shruti Ramaswami, joined by Microsoft's Catherine Devine, Business Strategy Leader, Libraries and Museums, at Microsoft Worldwide Education.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

What's new in library tech! Welcome to our monthly collection of fun and hopefully useful news items from our admittedly great twitter feed and wherever else we find them.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 13, 2021

What's new in library tech! Welcome to our monthly collection of fun and hopefully useful news items from our admittedly great twitter feed and wherever else we find them.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. In archives, libraries, and museums, curators use their judgment to select and arrange artifacts to create a narrative, evoke a response, and communicate a message.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Patron privacy is one of those topics that touches every aspect of a library's operations, and for good reason. After all, from library card sign-ups to public access computer usage to reference desk inquiries, your patrons share a lot of information with you.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Nearly all brands have a social presence, and libraries are no different. Libraries are using social platforms now more than ever before. The New York Public Library has 2.2 Social media is playing a significant role in helping libraries stay relevant in our ever-growing digital society. More than half (55.7

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2012

The recently launched Laura and John Arnold Foundation Giving Library is a unique resource that provides this information about nonprofits through engaging video interviews. We’re delighted that Benetech was selected to be one of the first 250 nonprofits spotlighted on the Giving Library.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 29, 2022

As I was beginning to build my library on fundraising, I knew I had to obtain the book, “Henry Rosso’s Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising.” Can you imagine my joy and excitement when it was announced that Wiley Publishing had published the fifth edition of “Achieving Excellence in Fundraising”?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Libraries can and should be doing the same. Libraries have access to information, engagement, and opportunity – it’s just a matter of setting sail. Date : February 28th-March 2nd, 2011. Topic : Keynote.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 31, 2022

solution provides an upgraded management environment that streamlines launching multichannel fundraising campaigns, a template library of best practice forms and landing pages. iDonate announced iDonate 2.0, a completely revamped and refreshed upgrade of its SaaS online giving platform. The newly updated 2.0

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 26, 2017

This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A competitive application process for selection of libraries from across the United States is now open and will continue until August 25. Register for webinar. About the Author.

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VisionLink

JUNE 8, 2011

The good folks at GNIP, Twitter, and the Library Congress are working together to preserve Twitter conversations for posterity, as announced by the Library of Congress. The work that GNIP is taking on with Twitter and the Library of Congress is at a tremendous scale--with over a billion Tweets being generated every week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

They walk through how to use your logo, your brand colors, typefaces, and often include other assets of your design library. 5) Design Library. Your design collateral will often include additional design elements that can be collected and stored in your design library. Your icons should also be visually consistent.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 28, 2022

I was going through my resource development library with specific interest to the month of January. What should my job focus be this month with respect to donors? Since the heaviest concentration of time for donor solicitation has recently passed, what should you be doing at this time of the year?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library! As they explain: As a first step in our year-long social media research initiative, Idealware has compiled a library of nearly 200 – and growing – resources on social media. Go dive in!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library! As they explain: As a first step in our year-long social media research initiative, Idealware has compiled a library of nearly 200 – and growing – resources on social media. Go dive in!

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library. Library 2.0

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

Developed in 2019 and envisioned by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was created to support libraries nationwide. This one-day giving event was formed to encourage patrons to support their individual library systems and this year will be held on April 23. Goal for Library Giving Day.

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Tech Soup Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The Kansas City Public Library. They have developed a way for anyone with a Kansas City public library card to use expensive professional applications like those from Adobe and Microsoft without owning them. They are building a free software lending library. How The Lending Library Will Work.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 10, 2017

Belmont Public Library. Health for Mozambican Children and Families. Logo and branding by Floduardo de Almeida and Up Studio. PangeaSeed. Designs by Futura. First Things Foundation. Designs by Dan Beltran. Designs by Anya Vedmid. Autistic Art. Designs by Laszlo Polgar and Dora Sos. Made with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 4, 2012

highlights how apps can help libraries connect with patrons and provide services in new ways. Many libraries accomplish this by. creating standalone apps or a mobile-friendly website and library. inspire libraries (and nonprofits!) Engaging with Library (and Other) Collections. the university library archives.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2011

Collecting petitions Last week I stood outside of my local library collecting signatures to save libraries in Oakland. We're facing potential closures of 14 neighborhood libraries, and reduced services at the remaining four. Visiting my hometown library I probably wouldn't be who I am today without the library.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 5, 2017

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. TechSoup and the IMLS Are Library Champions.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 17, 2012

How would apps benefit your nonprofit or library? Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries. Thanks to a grant from Microsoft , TechSoup's App It Up project investigated the kinds of apps nonprofits and libraries are using to engage their constituents, tell their stories, and get their work done. Library Apps. Green Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

Next, the webinar highlights the need to create a video and digital photography library and demonstrates how to use Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Movie Maker to create videos and slideshows for YouTube and Flickr. The webinar begins with defining Web 1.0

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

The DALL·E 2 Prompt Book : This is the OG image prompt library and guide on designing great prompts. ArtHub AI Library : A collection of AI-generated art prompts and a platform for artists to showcase their AI-generated artwork. Prompt Library on Twitter : A Twitter account that shares AI-generated prompts and resources.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 12, 2015

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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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 31, 2011

We've got a new spotlight up at TechSoup for Libraries that nonprofits might learn from, as well. This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom. Read the whole spotlight at TechSoup for Libraries.

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