We are pleased to inform you that the Community Contentbank
(www.contentbank.org), a new online Web resource from The Children's
Partnership (TCP) will launch on Wednesday, June 5th. We want to thank you
for supporting and contributing to our work, and invite you to take a look
at the site.
Contentbank.org was created to spur the development of needed online content
for and by low-income communities. It is designed for the many individuals
and organizations that work with community technology at the local level.
It has three major goals:
- To make quality content for underserved individuals easier to find,
identify, and use.
- To make it easier for community-based organizations and the individuals they
serve to create their own content.
- To encourage both the public and private sector to develop useful content
for low-income and underserved Americans.
On the site you will also find our new Issue Brief, which provides a
snapshot update to The Children's Partnership's benchmark March 2000 study,
Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans.
We hope you'll help us spread the word about Contentbank.org. Here are some
ways to help:
- Post a notice about the site on your organization or company Web site.
- Send an email alert to colleagues and friends.
- Send a message about Contentbank.org to a relevant listserv.
We also hope you will use the site and give us your feedback. Visit our
Message Board in the PeopleConnect section and participate in a forum on
best practices in local community content development, which features
representatives from leading local content development programs. We hope
you'll participate and provide us with suggestions about how to improve
Contentbank.org and make it grow.
From: Wendy Lazarus , Project Director
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