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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

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It might sound like I’m describing a typical college student's house, but I’m actually talking about one of the many workspaces in Zappos’ enormous headquarters in Las Vegas. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative. Key Takeaways.

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

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An acceptable usage policy (AUP) is a set of rules applied by the. owner or manager (you) of a network, website or large IT system that. restricts the ways in which the network, website or system may be used. For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal. Who should develop your policy?

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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

Tech Soup

It might sound like I’m describing a typical college student's house, but I’m actually describing one of the many workspaces in Zappos’ enormous headquarters in Las Vegas. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative. Key Takeaways.

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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The more we use technology in our education and health systems, the more data we collect about how people learn and what keeps us healthy or makes us sick. This number was significantly more than the existing estimates that had dominated news and policy discussions. We don’t know if the student ever gets past Chapter 1.

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Data and the Human Touch

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

women became the majority of law students. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Nicole Ozer , director of technology and civil liberties policy at ACLU. Last year, U.S. Shortfalls. The Women of Technology for Good.

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Introduction to Learning Management Systems (LMS)

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Introduction to Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems In a competitive world, corporations require a dynamic framework to support employee learning, training, and oversight. This is where a Learning Management System (LMS) comes into play.