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Learning Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

Earlier this year, we told you about all the resources available at TechSoup for learning to use technology. Finding Quick Technology Answers Beyond TechSoup. Because we know that TechSoup may not be able to answer all of your really specific technology questions, here are some of our favorite sites. But what if you need more?

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

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YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. " Dr. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. The Rise of Virtual Libraries. Virtual libraries aren't a new phenomenon.

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

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Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), We think this kind of information sharing is the essence of nonprofits and libraries' collaborative spirit. Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities.

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Stay Ahead of AI’s Magic

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Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. What happens when AI has even more vast libraries and generations of human learning to draw from?

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

Tech Soup

I liked our 10 technology tips to help you reduce your need to travel, and also our travel reduction tools we compiled. Can tech help ease volunteers' pocketbook shock with gas prices? The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia.

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Are E-Readers Greener than Books?

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The answer is yes, if you buy and read lots of books, but no if you read less frequently or use your public library. They largely use e-ink technology to display content. Wikipedia has a good long list of all of them. They've been around since 2004, but have really caught on only within the last couple of years.

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