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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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 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 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.\'\'