I can personally vouch for what Mike and the others say about TS. We have purchased many MS products from TS in the past.<div><br></div><div>You don't have to be a 501c3 for the majority of the MS stuff, but you will want to check for a given product title as not all software vendors work this way. <br>
<div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br clear="all">Eric Maynard<br>Head of Information Technology,<br>Holmes County District Public Library<br>Millersburg, OH 44654<br>Email [<a href="mailto:emaynard@holmeslib.org">emaynard@holmeslib.org</a>]<br>
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]<br>Fax [330.674.1938] <br><br>"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"<br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Mike Hensel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:henselmi@oplin.org">henselmi@oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">We use Tech Soup for software especially for Microsoft products.
You can get Office and any OS including Windows 7 for around $9 to $20 bucks a
license. It is insanely cheap. It’s also a great place to get QuickBooks and
Symantec products. Occasionally they will also offer Adobe products to
libraries which allows our PR department to get the latest version at
astounding prices. In my book, every library should be getting their stuff
from this place. It saves a bundle. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">As a public library, you do not need to have a 501 C (3) status
to use Tech Soup. You use your FSCS ID instead.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mike Hensel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Youth Services Librarian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">London Public Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">20 E. First Street</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">London, OH 43140</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mylondonlibrary.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.mylondonlibrary.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">740-852-9543</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mobile 614-325-1429</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
<a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech-bounces@oplin.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech-bounces@oplin.org</a>] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>JKENZIG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2009 2:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oplintech@oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@oplin.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Experiences with TechSoup</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Can anyone out there who has used it give me
your experiences purchasing software with TechSoup for libraries? It appears
that any library that is a 501C(3) can</span> <span style="font-size:13.5pt">use
the services after properly applying.</span> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/?cg=lnav" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/?cg=lnav</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Thanks,</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"">Jim Kenzig</span></b><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Network Manager</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Cuyahoga
County Public Library</span></p>
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