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Like renting a meeting room, virtually.
For those of us who work in small libraries and choose to get involved in the larger library community (whether that’s within the county, state, or beyond), instant messaging has become an essential...
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Using Google Docs saves time AND money!
We have all been involved in committees or groups who need to create or edit a document. It begins with one person starting the document, and then suggestions and edits are made and passed back and...
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Schedule, organize, plan! Save time, money, and the environment.
Have you ever been at a meeting where everyone takes out their calendars and PDAs and tries to figure out when on earth they could possibly meet again? You watch them one-up each other with all the...
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Unpower Yourself Contest Winners!
In TechSoup's Unpower Yourself! contest in November, we shared our Five Things You Can Do in Five Minutes to Reduce Your Power Use and asked you to take a survey sharing how you've reduced your IT...
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Register for our By the Cup Newsletter and Laptop Giveaway!
To help celebrate Earth Day's 40th anniversary, we're giving away two refurbished laptops to subscribers of our By the Cup (BTC) newsletter. At TechSoup, we're dedicated to reducing, reusing,...
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Greening your technology: choose a laptop
TechSoup's GreenTech program has loads of smart, easy-to-implement ideas on how libraries and nonprofits can choose green practices that reduce our impact. Recently, Anna Jaeger, who co-leads our...
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It IS easy being green.
I'm part of a ThinkTank that is comprised of librarians and industry leaders interested in green practices in libraries. We've met just a few times, but what seems to surface during each meeting is...
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Confessions of a Paper Person
I like paper. My boss once labeled me a "Paper Person" after admitting that she doesn't use paper. Notebooks, notes, stickies: you have no place on her immaculate desk! And then there's my desk... I...
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Eight Easy Steps to Green Your Library IT
My colleague, Jim Lynch, and I recently presented at the Amigos Going Green at your Library 2 online conference. Jim is the Computer Recycling & Reuse Director for TechSoup's GreenTech Program, and...
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TechSoup Global's First Phone System Offering: BetterWorld Telecom
TechSoup's newest offering is a green technology and our first discounted phone system package for nonprofits and libraries. It's by the green company, BetterWorld Telecom. The pre-negotiated discount...
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Are E-Readers Greener than Books?
Currently the top selling electronic devices are e-readers like the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony Reader, and also the Apple iPad, which runs the iBooks application, a free...
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Green Your Altoids Tins for Technology Uses
I was out of town this weekend and my rental car didn't have a USB connection, which I discovered I've become quite addicted to in my own car. It's a shame I hadn't read Brett McKay's blog post on 5...
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Free Tools for Determining Your Library's Energy Use
According to the EPA, buildings consume 40% of the energy used in the U.S. and 72% of the electricity generated. There is a direct link between the amount of energy your library consumes and the annual...
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Paper's Shocking Statistics
This roster of shocking statistics about wasting paper was originally part of TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative's Reduce Your Paper Use challenge.These statistics, we hope, convey why it is so important...
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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study
Microsoft's Windows MultiPoint Serverthin-client or shared-resource-computing software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. Basically, it allows one computer...
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