4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Where can you go to gain access to technology, workspace, educational materials, entertainment, and even help getting a job? Your local library offers that and so much more, for free! In this episode of Komando on Demand, Kim explores how local libraries are evolving to meet the public's needs and talks to students, teachers and library staff on what the future holds for libraries.
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0:00.0 | I love free stuff, and I know that you do too. |
0:05.0 | I'm America's Digital Pro Kim Commando, and today I'm going to tell you about a special place |
0:10.0 | where you can get free access to office space, DVDs, CDs, some classes about technology, |
0:17.0 | audio and video editing, sound and video equipment that you can rent. |
0:21.3 | You can use 3D printers for free and get some devices and tech gadgets and more. |
0:26.7 | It's everything that you might need to support your tech habit all in one place. |
0:31.2 | And these amazing facilities are all over everywhere. |
0:35.9 | I bet you live near one. |
0:39.6 | And lately, they've been getting some pretty awesome upgrades, which means more tech toys for you. No, it's not a high school, it's not a |
0:44.8 | college or university. It's even better than that. And you can also get hands-on education |
0:49.7 | on almost any subject that you want to study, including technology and hardware and software. |
0:55.2 | And like I said, it's all free. |
0:57.6 | I'm going to tell you exactly where it's all happening and how you can tap into all these fabulous freebies. |
1:03.2 | Right after this quick word from our sponsor who helps make this podcast possible. |
1:18.6 | I'm going to do. podcast possible. Free tech, office space, games and computers and education, even help finding a job. |
1:25.1 | Well, you wouldn't believe where it's all happening. |
1:27.2 | So hang on to your |
1:28.0 | earbuds, hang on to your headphones and your wireless speaker, folks. Are you ready? It's all |
1:34.1 | in your public library. Okay, forget every thought that you had in the world about a public library. |
1:39.6 | Those musty old buildings that smelled like old books are being upgraded. So instead of the old book |
1:45.2 | smell, there's the hum of computers and the tapping of keyboards and the buzzing of drones. |
1:52.4 | There are auto kiosks that hand out DVDs and laptops and hotspots and CDs and gadgets. There's |
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