#software lending library

This last week we announced the 22 final round winners of the Mozilla Ignite Challenge in Chicago. Here’s a few of the winning projects we wanted to share:

Check out Mozilla Ignite Winners Software Lending Library

Democratizing software access

“The Software Lending Library would use a remote desktop solution to deliver  software applications from library servers to patrons across our service area.

Hardware without software doesn’t get you very far. Cloud-based software applications may be the future — but for the present, if you aren’t familiar with basic software like the Microsoft Office suite, you’re going to be uncomfortable in a lot of work environments.

So the opportunity for us to provide that familiarity is huge. Beyond software basics, there are a ton of cool things you can do  and learn on programs that are expensive on a stand-alone basis, especially if you’re just interested in learning and exploring.