The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donates to Chicago\’s library system. Read about it Here.
From the The Chicago Tribune
Chicago\’s library system will receive money and gifts totaling $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand public access to the Internet, Mayor Richard Daley announced Thursday.
January 2000
Library gets $1 million for upgrades
The Library Legacy Foundation presented its first installment. Read about it Here.
From the The Toledo Blade
The Library Legacy Foundation yesterday presented its first installment, a check for $1 million, to the board of the Toledo-Lucas County Library to help in paying for improvements to the system.
Libraries branch out in cyberspace
An Article from the Pioneer Planet. Link to it Here.
Libraries branch out in cyberspace.
The mad dash for public library Internet terminals begins shortly after 2 p.m. on school days. St. Paul students, some as young as 6 or 7, scramble to snare one of the coveted computers that provide free online access at neighborhood branches.
Fighting online racism
There\’s an article on Yahoo! News about the
United Nations World Conference on Racism, Racial
Discrimination and Xenophobia, taking place in 2001. They
have a modest goal of stopping racist propaganda on the
Internet.
European leaders called for international cooperation on
Thursday to stop the Internet\’s use as a tool for spreading
neo-Nazi and other racist propaganda.
“Worse still, the Web enables those who support such ideas
to network and promote their products, books and so-called
\’scientific\’ and other reports by means of e-commerce, or
even to coordinate their subversive ac
There\’s an article on Yahoo! News about the
United Nations World Conference on Racism, Racial
Discrimination and Xenophobia, taking place in 2001. They
have a modest goal of stopping racist propaganda on the
Internet.
European leaders called for international cooperation on
Thursday to stop the Internet\’s use as a tool for spreading
neo-Nazi and other racist propaganda.
“Worse still, the Web enables those who support such ideas
to network and promote their products, books and so-called
\’scientific\’ and other reports by means of e-commerce, or
even to coordinate their subversive acMany of the 700 delegates from 46 countries attending a
conference on the Holocaust expressed concern about rising
neo-Nazi activity in Europe, and the growing role of high
technology in spreading messages of hate. \’\’Unfortunately
the Internet is … a cross-border vector for racist
theories and the fermentation of hatred and
discrimination,\’\’ Ruth Dreifuss, head of Switzerland\’s
Federal Home Affairs Department, told the conference on
T
DoubleClick has more on you than you think.
A California woman filed suit yesterday against DoubleClick,
accusing the Web advertising firm of unlawfully obtaining
and selling
consumers\’ private information.
News.com has a
Story about the
first lawsuit over privacy concerns with ad tracking
software on the net.
\”
DoubleClick\’s new privacy
policy states
that the company plans to use this information to build a
database
profiling consumers. The database will include consumers\’
names; addresses;
retail, catalog and online purchase histories; and
demographic data,
according to t
A California woman filed suit yesterday against DoubleClick,
accusing the Web advertising firm of unlawfully obtaining
and selling
consumers\’ private information.
News.com has a
Story about the
first lawsuit over privacy concerns with ad tracking
software on the net.
\”
DoubleClick\’s new privacy
policy states
that the company plans to use this information to build a
database
profiling consumers. The database will include consumers\’
names; addresses;
retail, catalog and online purchase histories; and
demographic data,
according to t\”
While Net users aren\’t informed or aware that they are
receiving a
DoubleClick cookie unless their browser is configured to
alert them, they
can disable the cookies at DoubleClick\’s Web sit
Librarians support Clintons proposal.
The ALA has come out in support of US President Bill
Clintons proposal on after school and education
initiatives
Read the release HERE
\”The nation\’s
librarians welcome the opportunity to enhance learning
opportunities
for kids through an expanded role in afterschool and
education
initiatives outlined by President Bill Clinton in his State
of the Union address Jan. 27.
Clinton called on Congress to double funding for afterschool
programs to $1 bill
The ALA has come out in support of US President Bill
Clintons proposal on after school and education
initiatives
Read the release HERE
\”The nation\’s
librarians welcome the opportunity to enhance learning
opportunities
for kids through an expanded role in afterschool and
education
initiatives outlined by President Bill Clinton in his State
of the Union address Jan. 27.
Clinton called on Congress to double funding for afterschool
programs to $1 billWhile most of the money would be designated
for schools, 10 percent would be available to community
organizations, including public libraries.
\”The president is wise to recognize that the solution to
better
education must be addressed on many fronts,\” said Sarah Ann
Long,
president of the 59,000-member American Library Association
based in
Chicago
Libraries in a bind, and you might pay.
The NY Post has a story
HERE on
budget
problems in the New York Citiy Libraries.
Libraries should charge borrowers Blockbuster rates for
movie videos and CDs — or come up with other money-raising
ideas — to cover part of a $41million budget cut, the
mayor\’s new spending proposal says.
The NY Post has a story
HERE on
budget
problems in the New York Citiy Libraries.
Libraries should charge borrowers Blockbuster rates for
movie videos and CDs — or come up with other money-raising
ideas — to cover part of a $41million budget cut, the
mayor\’s new spending proposal says.\”We don\’t care how they do it,\” city Budget Director Robert
Harding said yesterday. \”They can open up coffee shops.\”
Under the plan, libraries must raise $9.7 million charging
borrowers for a copy of \”Titanic\” or a latté — and the city
will match it.
The proposal marks the first time Mayor Giuliani — who
traditionally cuts library spending only to have it restored
by the City Council — has suggested libraries charge for
service
The mad dash for public library Internet terminals begins shortly after 2 p.m. on school days. St. Paul students, some as young as 6 or 7, scramble to snare one of the coveted computers that provide free online access at neighborhood branches.
“Kids sometimes run to our sign-up sheets,\’\’ says Kathy Heiderich, a city librarian who heads up the St. Paul Public Library system\’s Internet committee. “It\’s like ice cream.\’\’
The mad dash for public library Internet terminals begins shortly after 2 p.m. on school days. St. Paul students, some as young as 6 or 7, scramble to snare one of the coveted computers that provide free online access at neighborhood branches.
“Kids sometimes run to our sign-up sheets,\’\’ says Kathy Heiderich, a city librarian who heads up the St. Paul Public Library system\’s Internet committee. “It\’s like ice cream.\’\’
Fantastic story on banned books.
The savannahmorningnew
s has a nice story on a banned book Here . It follows the story for a year
and
a half.
\”It started with a single complaint. One man offended by
what he read on the pages of his stepdaughter\’s
schoolbooks.
It snowballed into a book ban, a
full-fledged censorship fight, gathering disbelief and
outrage as it rolled on its controversial path.\”
The savannahmorningnew
s has a nice story on a banned book Here . It follows the story for a year
and
a half.
\”It started with a single complaint. One man offended by
what he read on the pages of his stepdaughter\’s
schoolbooks.
It snowballed into a book ban, a
full-fledged censorship fight, gathering disbelief and
outrage as it rolled on its controversial path.\”
\”Reports of films being blacklisted and permission slips for
Shakespeare stirred up an often-complacent community. And
within hours of a stormy school board meeting came an
announcement that the ban had been reversed and the books
were back on the shelves at Windsor Forest High Scho
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