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NYLA Empire Friends Roundtable : Cloud Storage 

Moving Friends Records to the Cloud : Friday September 27, 2013 - New York Library Association Annual Conference

Links to resources mentioned in slides: 

• SugarSync*
• Dropbox*
• Box
• Copy*
• Google Drive
• Otixo
• Carbonite
• BackBlaze
• Weebly
• WordPress.com
• Smore
• Library Use Calculator
• VerticalResponse NonProfit pricing page
• Doodle

(* these links are referral codes, I'll get a bit of extra free space if you use these links) 

Articles, Organizations, Webinars, Misc 

• Cloud Storage Tool Comparison Checklist - Blank checklist for you to compare the tools you're interested in
• PC World: The Best Cloud Storage Solutions (Jan2013)
• Free and Low Cost Tools Every Organization Should Know About - recording of free webinar from Idealware.org
• Idealware.org
• TechSoupForLibraries.org

Slides from presentation

• PDF of Presentation Slides

Examples of Friends websites

Sites using WordPress.com: free managed hosting, some limitations, pay extra for custom URL

• Ocean City (NJ) Public Library - Friends & Volunteers http://fvocfpl.wordpress.com/
• Friends of the Schenectady County (NY) PL http://friendsofscpl.org/ 

Sites using self-hosted WordPress: pay for hosting or host on own server

• Friends of the Queen Creek (AZ) PL  http://qcfriends.org/ 
• Friends of CT Libraries http://foclib.org/
• New Smyrna Florida http://www.folnewsmyrna.org/ 
• Friends of the Orion (MI) Township Public Library  http://orionlibrary.org/friends/
• Friends of the Aurora (CO) Public Library http://www.fapl.info/
• Friends of the Library Montgomery Co MD http://www.folmc.org/ 

Sites using Weebly: simple 5 page site for free, easy to use drag and drop interface, fee for custom URL

• Granville County (NC) Friends of the Library  http://granvillecountyncfol.weebly.com/
• Weebly is very popular with friends groups - you'll find lots of examples with this google search: https://www.google.com/search?&q=friends%20of%20the%20library%20weebly