Joined on 08-23-2007
TechSoup Member
i work at a nonprofit with decades of material that we would like to archive (and, going forward, use eletronic filing systems for current work) in order to reduce both the amount of paper we waste and the amount and cost of the space it takes up.
i optimistically hoped that there might be grants for such a project - is anyone aware of any? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. please feel free to email me directly as well - hbecker@aclum.org. Thank you all very much!
Joined on 01-30-2006
TechSoup Member
I thought I had posted a reply to you questions on the Tech Planning forum. Anyway, the Foundation Center might be a good place to do more research. They aren't free, but they offer a wealth of info to subscribers.
http://foundationcenter.org
:Henry Kumagai
Tech Analyst, TechSoup.org
Joined on 08-20-2001
San Francisco, CA and the web
It might be difficult to get a grant specifically for this kind of work, as a lot of it is menial. A tech consultant might be able to give you a better idea of what is feasible and what isn't.
Best,
Megan
Joined on 12-08-2003
Wood River, NE
Just an idea ... get MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) 2007 Enterprise.
We face the same problems. I've looked around for a couple years and stumbled on this product; got a free phone consult with a Sharepoint company and our Board decided this was THE way to go. It will allow us to archive our 27+ years worth of data plus all our current work in a SQL database with full search functionality. Many, many other features.
Got it cheap through Tech Soup Stock and am working with a hardware donor to get a server to run it on (also found elsewhere on this website).
It WILL mean resources in time, people and equipment, but we found it to be the prefered method for us.