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Providence Public Library: “A Most Democratic Insitution”

DipJar

Ah, public libraries! We enjoy every opportunity to speak with library customers, learning how they serve their communities and how DipJar supports those efforts. A recent conversation with Erica Busillo Adams of Providence Public Library is a perfect case in point! Providence Public Library first opened to the public in 1878.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Sadly, at the same time, libraries and schools across America were blocking MySpace, but allowing Facebook. Teens talk about the organizations at their local church, and thus the church creates a MySpace profile.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Find the Future: The Game.

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Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good After reading my friend Keri Smith's book The Guerilla Art Kit , my 16-year-old daughter Lillian decided it would be delish to write little-bitty love notes and plaster them all over our tiny town. She's just started a one year experiment in savoring and serving the world.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits. Want some waffles with your art? Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). Skill-sharing free schools.

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With titles like Battletoads and Grounded, Xbox Game Pass is inching closer to becoming like Netflix

The Verge

The voice acting is cringe-worthy, and I’m not really into the new art style, which gives it the feel of a direct-to-video show from the ‘90s. You play as a tiny teen trying to survive a suburban backyard, where ants are the size of small cars and a single drop of water can save your life.

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YMCA of Greater Seattle: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites. The Kirkland Teen program in Bellevue, Washington is run by Emily Smith who is their Youth Development Director.