Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature…” These great qualities of ideas led to our legal system regulating the propagation of ideas differently than physical objects.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

This software as a service model of computing has the added environmental and budgetary benefit of needing a less robust computer system, servers, and installed software to host these applications. The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00. plus $2 per user license.

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Collaboration Wikispaces Online Wiki 55

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

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Open Source Database Open Language 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. It is an idea closely tied with the term user-generated content and creative commons licensing. Here's how the Creative Commons licenses work.

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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