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10 Types of Nonprofits That Absolutely Must Add Themselves to Foursquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Museums and Art Galleries :: Museum of Modern Art. Libraries :: New York Public Library. Performing arts venues and theatres :: The Tank. For the 10 types of nonprofits listed below, adding your nonprofit as a venue to Foursquare needs to quickly be moved to the top of your To Do List: 1.

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Go read about how Americans who depend on libraries for internet are coping with the pandemic

The Verge

COVID-19 has caused libraries around the US to stay closed since mid-March. The Markup has written about the ways in which libraries are attempting to keep their patrons online. The library has left Wi-Fi on 24/7, and kids sit in the parking lot to use their phones. Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images. It’s well worth a read.

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Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

Futurism

As Futurism first reported , top Pinterest search results across topics and categories food, fashion and beauty, home decor, art, architecture, and more are overrun with undisclosed AI slop. Pinterest's update comes amid brewing controversy over the impact that generative AI-created content has already had on its platform.

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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

Public libraries are some of our favorites. If you haven’t been to your library lately, check it out! We recently spoke with Joyce Fehl of the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine. Joyce is the development and marketing manager for the library, which serves both Brunswick and the smaller community of Harpswell.

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The reissue of this rare architectural mag proves fantastical ideas have staying power

Fast Company Tech

Only a few complete sets exist in libraries. The magazine issues themselves were a cavalcade of visuals, with shades of pop art, comic books, science fiction imagery, collage, stage design, and the psychedelia of late ’60s counterculture. These days though, the magazines are rarely seen. That is until now. Photo: courtesy D.A.P./Designers

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Supporting Artists With Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For the past ten years, Benetech’s Bookshare library has provided accessible books for people with print disabilities. During our holiday party, we displayed thirty pieces of art provided by Creativity Explored , a San Francisco-based nonprofit arts organization. You can too! Their next show, Parallel Visions , opens on March 8.

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Content Strategy for Digital Collections: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Forum One

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Art, artifacts, books, and manuscripts are all documents of human innovation, thinking, and activity. They have been produced by people putting energy into telling their stories.

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