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DEAR ISF COLLEAGUES,
PAUL-BRIAN MCINERNEY SENT ME AN EMAIL, TO LET ME KNOW THAT A NEW BOOK
IS OUT: "NONPROFITS AND TECHNOLOGY: EMERGING RESEARCH FOR USABLE
KNOWLEDGE."
IT'S EDITED BY MICHAEL CORTéS AND KEVIN RAFTER; I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THE WORK OF THE LATTER TWO GENTLEMEN, BUT AM KEENLY INTERESTED IN
READING ANY BOOK ON NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BOAST OF CHAPTERS BY
PAUL-BRIAN, DALE FITCH, PETER DOBKIN HALL, AND THE INIMITABLE JOHN
MCNUTT.
I'M PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO READING PAUL-BRIAN'S CHAPTER,
"GEEKS FOR GOOD: TECHNOLOGY EVANGELISM AND THE ROLE OF CIRCUIT RIDERS
IN IT ADOPTION AMONG NONPROFITS." HE WROTE HIS PH.D. THESIS ON THIS
TOPIC AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT COLUMBIA, AND I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS
THAT HE INTERVIEWED ON THE HISTORY OF THE CIRCUIT RIDER MOVEMENT. (MY
BUDDY GAVIN CLABAUGH REPORTS THAT HE WAS EXTENSIVELY INTERVIEWED,
WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE GAVIN WAS DEFINITELY PRESENT AT THE CREATION.)
I COULDN'T HELP PAUL-BRIAN WITH ANY EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE
MOVEMENT'S EARLIEST DAYS, SINCE I CAME ALONG IN THE SECOND OR THIRD
WAVE OF RIDERS, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY DELIGHTFUL TO FIND THAT SOMEONE
WAS TAKING A SCHOLARLY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.
I HOPE THAT THIS BOOK CAN HELP US TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE GOAL OF
COMBINING THE BEST INSIGHTS OF RESEARCHERS AND NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY
PRACTITIONERS.
BEST REGARDS FROM DEBORAH
P.S. DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP: I HAVE NOT BEEN EMPLOYED
BY THE PUBLISHER, EDITORS, OR AUTHORS TO PROMOTE THIS BOOK, ALTHOUGH A
FREE REVIEW COPY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
DEBORAH ELIZABETH FINN
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
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