The Toronto Star reports that Toronto\’s librarian\’s are planning to follow Chicago\’s lead.
The first idea Toronto borrowed from Chicago was the cows.
Although the program could begin as soon as next year, the mayor has yet to embrace the program and no book has been chosen.
Credit for the original idea goes to the Washington Center for the Book. See also…
The Aurura, (CO) Public School System is avoiding the controversy over Lois Lowry\’s \”The Giver,\” altogether. According to a spokesperson for the school district, \”That book is not included in any curriculum within the district,\” Lynch said. \”As far as I know, it\’s not even in any media centers.\” more… from The Aurora Sentinel.
For The Tribune Chronicle, John Booth writes…
\”By next fall, students in Trumbull County, OH will have a card catalog at their fingertips that stretches from Bloomfield to Hubbard, from Kinsman to Newton Falls. The final pieces of the puzzle are ready to fall into place, thanks to grant money enabling 16 school libraries in four districts to automate their card catalogs and link their computers to a countywide network. Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds awarded through the State Library of Ohio will provide more than $156,000 for the projects. In order to earn the grant, the schools had to agree to spend one-quarter of the funding – just more than $52,000.\” more…
Jill passed along This SFWeekly Story on the San Francisco Center for the Book, a nonprofit gallery/schoolhouse/studio in Potrero Hill. The center supports the book arts — that is, letterpress printing, typography, bookbinding, ya know, stuff that librarians just looooove
\”Most people simply read books, but I like to smell them. New books are the best: Slightly sweet and enticingly chemical, they reek of glue and ink and other mysterious binding fluids.\”
News.com has a nice little Piece on Stanford Law School professor and technology pundit Lawrence Lessig\’s keynote address at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
\”Employees at Smith & Wesson don\’t worry if guns kill police officers,\” Lessig said. \”Some uses are illegal and some are not. But if you wrote code that could be used for good or bad, you\’re arrested and sent to jail…There\’s something screwed up about that.\”
My analogy is this:
My car goes about 100, which is totally illegal, and yet I bought this car, and it\’s legal, and I can make it go 100mph if I\’m so inclined.
Imagine if they passed a law that made it illegal for just Ford to sell cars that went over the speed limit.
While we\’re on the subject… My curiosity got the best of me and I decided to see if this is really a big problem.
…And these are all different locations…
Black Mold, Asbestos Close East Cleveland Middle School.
Killer Mold Forces Family to Flee Their New Home.
Oregon City Mold Cleanup Closes
Parents Worried About Black Mold at School.
Parents Voice Concerns Over School Mold.
Prospect Elementary School Clear of Mold
King Teachers Thrilled with Building Repairs.
Eight is enough…
MSNBC has this one. Richard M. Smith of the Privacy Foundation writes,
\”One of the biggest issues in analyzing technology and privacy is the way that databases with unique identifiers can be merged. I’ve got an example below that illustrates the problem, particularly where public records databases are concerned.\” much more…
From NewsRoom, someone writes…
\”An Australian businessman has won the right to have an internet defamation case against US publishing giant Dow Jones heard in Melbourne. Dow Jones argued the case should by heard in the United States, because that\’s where the company\’s internet site server is. However, the Victorian Supreme Court judge ruled in his 75-page judgement that \”publication\” occurred where the story was read, not where it was stored. The case has significant implications for internet publishers, as it could mean they are required to comply with the laws of any country in which content may be viewed.\” more…
Searchopolis has gone the way of the dinosaur. On August 18, they closed up shop and posted the following message: \”As of August 18, 2001, Searchopolis.com will no longer offer educational resources, including filtered search. We apologize to those users who have enjoyed Searchopolis\’ free services and thank you for your support. While N2H2 makes no recommendation regarding alternative sources for filtered search, a recent major children\’s software magazine gave the following filtered search engines high marks:\”
Yahooligans and Ask Jeeves for Kids. no more.
It looks as though Google may decide to start charging site owners for fresh updates. According to the article at ZDNet UK, \”Google appears to be developing a service aimed at extracting revenue from online firms that want a fresher search of their Web sites, following in the footsteps of rivals AltaVista and Inktomi. more…
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