Hylaine skilled volunteers will assess the overall data storage strategy at Book Harvest to develop a plan to create an efficient file structure and process.
Book Harvest is a nonprofit organization that provides books and ongoing literacy support to children and families who need them in the Triangle region of North Carolina, serving as a model for communities committed to ensuring that children are lifelong learners. Book Harvest believes that having plenty of books at home helps children start kindergarten ready to learn, combat summer learning loss once they are in school, and identify as readers. Their vision is of a world where every child, regardless of their family’s income, is growing up in a home rich with books.
This Durham-based organization reached out to Apparo for assistance in improving their file storage system and processes. Book Harvest is currently using Google Workspace to store and manage their files but is considering switching to another application to increase efficiencies in their storage processes.
To begin this Community Impact Project, Apparo matched Book Harvest with a skilled volunteer team from Hylaine. Starting with a high-level assessment of the organization’s current naming and storing processes, Hylaine volunteers will work with Book Harvest to help them decide whether to continue using a Google software or fully migrate to Microsoft’s SharePoint. Skilled volunteers will provide an overview of these storage options and guidance through the decision-making process to identify a storage platform that best fits the organization’s needs. Following the selection, the team will help develop a plan for transitioning to a new program if needed and establishing an effective file structure, naming convention, and storage process in the selected platform.
- Skilled Volunteer Team: Hylaine
- Darryl Miller
- Chase Cupp
- Mike Winters
- Michael Ellis
- Nonprofit Participant
- Kate Panuska, Book Harvest
