Free Periodicals and Guides Can Keep You Informed
Tech News tries to stay abreast of relevant publications in the field, particularly those that are provided free -- as Tech News is -- to qualified subscribers, including directors and staff of nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government agencies.
Following are a few that may be of interest.
New York Software Newspaper is a monthly tabloid for software professionals and organizations. Subjects include consulting, training, professional societies and associations, public policy and legal issues, New York State laws and regulations including taxation and tax incentives. The paper recently created a section, New York Interactive: Serving the New York Interactive Community. You may request a free subscription to this paper publication through their Web site only at www.nysoft.com.
Municipal GIS focuses on geographic information systems and mapping. For a subscription, contact The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., Attention: Brenda C. Leamy, 629 Fifth Avenue, Pelham NY 10803, fax 914-738-1680, or call (800) 930-3298.
Computer Currents, a monthly magazine, is available by free subscription to qualified organizations, including schools and computer training centers, where it can be used as reference material. Content is of high educational/training value comparable to major paid-circulation magazines in the field and includes product reviews. For a subscription, contact Computer Currents Publishing Inc., Circulation Department, via their Web site at www.currents.net; e-mail agusick@compcurr.com, or fax (510) 527-4106.
New York Metro ComputerUser is distributed monthly on the streets and by free subscription to business computer users in the New York City area. The publishers, Burris & Baxter Communications, Inc., have told Tech News this offer extends to nonprofits, schools and government agencies. Coverage includes a calendar of local computer-related events, including professional societies, associations and usergroups in the area.
This is a basic, general-interest computer publication for organizations in the New York City area. For a subscription, send a letter on your organization's letterhead to ComputerUser, 150 Nassau Street, Room 1315, New York NY 10038, or fax (212) 385-0650.
Grants Action News covers state, federal and private funding opportunities available to nonprofits in New York State. For information contact Laura Koennecke, Grants Action News, 1 Commerce Plaza, Suite 1125, Albany, NY 12260, or telephone (800) 356-8486.
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