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Alameda County Library officials said they’re still not sure how many people are affected by a hacking incident in September.
Nearly a month after advising patrons that a system-wide ransomware attack had hit Contra Costa County’s libraries, officials had restored the vast majority of online services and those available at the 26 branches. On Jan. 3, administrators alerted patrons via email of the network outage and took the affected servers offline. The Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s Office [...]
Its monopoly is costing public libraries e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Trevor Noah and a whole lot more.
This report discusses findings and recommendations from New America’s national survey on public libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational ...
In cities like Los Angeles, millions of dollars are spent on library-security forces.
It’s time to start building online versions of the libraries, parks and other public spaces that make societies and democracies work.
Public library digital transformation
The potential deal would be a breakthrough moment in the library e-book market as Amazon currently does not make its digital content available to libraries. It would also be a major coup for the Digital Public Library of America's upstart e-book platform and its SimplyE library reading app.
Amazon’s refusal to sell e-books published in-house to libraries is sparking backlash as demand for digital content spikes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Stewart, as library director, used real people’s information to create false library cards to boost circulation numbers, the criminal complaint said.
PLS & ESRT Combating Racism in Libraries Series Main
In the wake of the pandemic, can publishers and libraries finally hash out their differences?
With a shift to online resources well underway, “the most trusted civic institutions” are in a good position to deal with the changing future.
From Northern Virginia to New York to North Carolina, the decision to convert libraries into child-care facilities for essential workers has outraged some library staff and local parents.
Controlled digital lending.
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Cumberland County considers proposal for library staff members to supervise children of county employees taking online classes at library branches.
The Douglas County Library Board of Trustees voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve an investigation into the library’s director Amy Dodson and the staff of the library regarding their proposed support for the Black Lives Matter movement. On July 22, the Douglas County Public Library Board of Trustees issued an agenda for their July 28th meeting […]