Our facilities include a classroom, a library, and a 22 workstation computer lab equiped with Macintosh, DOS, and Windows computers. The ITRC became independent and moved to downtown Chicago in December 1988. Activities Core programs include basic information about computers, orientaiton sessions that focus on common computer applications, planning sessions to assist in analyzing computer requirements, making purchase decisions, and troubleshooting. Hands-on training is offered in word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, telecommunications, operating systems, and other subjects. The ITRC provides its services on a membership basis.
Membership is open to nonprofit organizations and government agencies.
Three hundred Chicago- area organizations are currently members. The ITRC's twenty-five member Board of Governors represents corporations, academia, and the nonprofit community. Major support from Chicago foundations and corporations and donations of computer equipment, furniture, software and other in-kind services have enabled the ITRC to keep member fees at less than half the cost of delivering service. National The lTRC is one of twenty such independent centers located in urban and rural areas around the country that enable nonprofits to make use of microcomputers and other technologies to manage their organizations more eff1ciently. They are joined together in the Technology Resource Consortium.