Public Libraries Lend Wi-Fi Hotspots For Patron's Use

[From article]
According to the American Library Association’s 2015 State of American Libraries report, the modern library has evolved from its traditional role as a research-centric establishment to a central location for digital access, learning and literacy.
[. . .]
Around 97 percent of public libraries now offer Internet access in the form of free onsite Wi-Fi and 98 percent offer some form of technology training, according to the report.
[. . .]
In Spring Hill, Tenn., pop 35,000, a fast-growing suburb of Nashville, officials noticed patrons flocking to the library after hours for access to public Wi-Fi. In 2014, they launched a program to make portable Internet hot spots available to anyone interested in taking them home.
[. . .]
Through a partnership with T-Mobile, the telecom service provider, the city library is able to provide roughly 20 devices to the public free of charge. Urban said the operational costs are around $8,500 a month.
Since the launch, Urban said there's been a regular waiting list of 20-30 residents and the library hopes to expand the program in the future.

http://www.govtech.com/network/Wi-Fi-Hot-Spots-for-Rent-How-Public-Libraries-Are-Changing-with-the-Times.html

Wi-Fi Hot Spots for Rent: How Public Libraries Are Changing with the Times
Public libraries in cities small and large are helping to close the digital divide by making portable Internet hot spots available to patrons.







BY EYRAGON EIDAM / JANUARY 14, 2016

Retired Harvard Librarian, Musician, Activist Killed In Cambridge Bicycle Accident

Posted March 11, 2015 8:54 PM ET; Last updated March 14, 2015 9:10 PM ET


The victim of a Wednesday bicycle accident has been identified as Marcia Deihl, 65, a local singer/songwriter and political activist. 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/12/cambridge-songwriter-activist-mourned-after-fatal-bike-accident/715KQNmoGNaEY8ld9BO3XP/story.html#comments

Friends mourn for Cambridge songwriter, activist
By Evan Allen and Peter Schworm

GLOBE STAFF MARCH 12, 2015

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[From article]
At age 102, Marcia Deihl’s mom had fallen in love with a 91-year-old man at their nursing home.
She had spent a week with her mom in January, celebrating her birthday, and watching romance.
“It’s a different sort of love that I see,” she wrote. “So pure, so down-to-the-essence, so dear. It’s what they are, not what they do. It’s eros, not agape.”

http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/03/author-who-documented-old-love-dies-young/

Author who documented old love, dies young
 

Bob Collins

March 12, 2015, 9:59 AM

Marcia Deihl, 65, of Cambridge was killed after she was hit by a dump truck on Wednesday.
Photo: BETSY SOWERS 



[From article]
Deihl was recently retired as a 30-year employee of Harvard’s Tozzer Library after a long and active history as in cultural and political life – co-founding the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network, sharing a stage with Pete Seeger and notorious as “a convener of Bizarre Song Parties,” as a friend recalled on Deihl’s Facebook page. She had a bachelor’s degree in music history and education from Boston University, a master’s degree in feminism and folk music from the Cambridge-Goddard School for Social Change and a certificate in publishing and communications from Harvard University, according to her website.

http://www.cambridgeday.com/2015/03/11/bicyclist-dies-after-collision-with-truck/comment-page-1/

Singer, activist Marcia Deihl, 65, identified as Cambridgeport bicycle accident fatality
By Marc Levy
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Last revised on: Thursday, March 12, 2015.

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[Tribute from an admirer]
http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2015/02/13/centenarian-love-kiss-marcia-deihl

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[Marcia Diehl's blog]
http://marcia-mellow-d.blogspot.com/p/bio.html
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Updated:
Marcia Deihl, 65, was pronounced dead at the scene.
[From article]
A female cyclist was struck and killed by a container truck around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday at the corner of Allston and Pleasant streets.
The victim, whose name will not be released until next of kin is notified, was pronounced dead at the scene. No charges have been made at this time against the male driver of the truck, who remained at the scene.

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150311/NEWS/150318979

By Staff Reports
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Mar. 11, 2015 at 3:11 PM
Updated at 3:37 PM

Islamist Terrorists Destroy Books and Libraries in Iraq

In this Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 photo, Iraqis look at books on al-Mutanabi Street, home to the city's book market in central Baghdad. One afternoon this month, the Islamic State militants arrived at the Central Library of the northern city of Mosul in a non-combat mission. They broke the locks that kept the two-story building closed since the extremists overran the city in mid last year, loading some 2,000 books included children stories, poetry, philosophy, sports, health and cultural and scientific publications into six pickup trucks and leaving behind only the Islamic religious ones. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
[From article]
When Islamic State group militants invaded the Central Library of Mosul earlier this month, they were on a mission to destroy a familiar enemy: other people's ideas.
Residents say the extremists smashed the locks that had protected the biggest repository of learning in the northern Iraq town, and loaded around 2,000 books — including children's stories, poetry, philosophy and tomes on sports, health, culture and science — into six pickup trucks. They left only Islamic texts.
The rest?
"These books promote infidelity and call for disobeying Allah. So they will be burned," a bearded militant in traditional Afghani two-piece clothing told residents,
[. . .]
Presumed destroyed are the Central Library's collection of Iraqi newspapers dating to the early 20th century, maps and books from the Ottoman Empire and book collections contributed by around 100 of Mosul's establishment families.
Days after the Central Library's ransacking, militants broke into University of Mosul's library. They made a bonfire out of hundreds of books on science and culture, destroying them in front of students.
A University of Mosul history professor, who spoke on condition he not be named because of his fear of the Islamic State group, said the extremists started wrecking the collections of other public libraries last month. He reported particularly heavy damage to the archives of a Sunni Muslim library, the library of the 265-year-old Latin Church and Monastery of the Dominican Fathers and the Mosul Museum Library with works dating back to 5000 BC.
[. . .]
An Iraqi lawmaker, Hakim al-Zamili, said the Islamic State group "considers culture, civilization and science as their fierce enemies."
Al-Zamili, who leads the parliament's Security and Defense Committee, compared the Islamic State group to raiding medieval Mongols, who in 1258 ransacked Baghdad.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150131/ml--iraq-libraries_in_danger-62581f4dca.html

Iraqi libraries ransacked by Islamic State group in Mosul
Jan 31, 4:19 AM (ET)
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SAMEER N. YACOUB

AP

NYC Librarians Reveal Notorious Overdue Book Patrons

[From article]
“It was 36 years, one month and seven days late,” said Louise Lareau, the managing librarian at the Children’s Center on 42nd Street, of a stained copy of “Making the Best of It: A Common Sense Guide to Negotiating a Divorce” — withdrawn during the Carter administration and returned in May 2013.
“He very sheepishly handed it over,” she recalled of the elderly man, who said he found the book in his attic. “He asked, ‘What are the fines?’ ”
But since the book’s withdrawal predated the library’s automation system, there was no record he even took it out.
“So he made a $50 donation to the library. He just threw the money and was out the door. He was rather mortified and embarrassed by the whole thing,” she recalled, adding he never said whether he was the one getting divorced.

http://nypost.com/2014/08/02/librarians-reveal-nycs-most-insanely-overdue-books/

Librarians reveal NYC’s most insanely overdue books
By Gary Buiso
New York Post
August 2, 2014 | 5:24pm

Maine Lecture on Counter Terrorism June 14, 2014

PRESS RELEASE

ACT for America, Maine Chapters, is proud to present David Gaubatz, author of the nationally recognized book, “Muslim Mafia”, speaking and holding a book signing at the Portland Public Library.  The event will be held in the Rines Auditorium on Saturday, June 14.  Doors open at 1:30, the event speakers will start at 2:00pm, and there is a $15 charge at the door.

Mr. Gaubatz retired from the Air Force in 1999 and has 12 years as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI).  Prior to 911, he returned to federal service as an 1811 Federal Agent, OSI.  After learning Arabic, he subsequently deployed to Saudi Arabia in 2003 and later to Nasiriyah, Iraq upon the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He is well acquainted with terrorism first hand.  Upon his return from Iraq, he left federal service and has since dedicated his life to CT (counter-terrorism) research and to education of the public and law enforcement to the realities of Islamic Jihadists who have dedicated their lives to the destruction and take-over of America, indeed the entire world.

In this regard, Dave had a team infiltrate the organization of CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) and found incredible amounts of evidence that they are a Muslim Brotherhood front, linked to Hamas, and have goals to “bring down our miserable house”.  In other words, that CAIR is infiltrating our country rather than acting as the benign Muslim support agency it pretends to be.  All of this information is presented in “Muslim Mafia”, his best seller.

ACT for America is a non-profit, grassroots, national organization dedicated to our national security.  You may access the website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.actforamerica.org/"www.actforamerica.org.   We are about 280,000 strong in over 700 chapters.  There are 3 chapters in Maine; Norway,  HYPERLINK "mailto:infidel@megalink.net"infidel@megalink.net,

 Portland,  HYPERLINK "mailto:Kafir@maine.rr.com"Kafir@maine.rr.com, and Mid-Coast,  HYPERLINK "mailto:bcowan55@gmail.com"bcowan55@gmail.com .  It is our intention that we present  the discussion on this by way of free speech on the issue.  There will be time for audience Q&A after Mr. Gaubatz's presentation.  Dissenting views will be given due respect.  Hope to see you there.

Respectfully submitted,

Jared Bristol  (or Frank Thiboutot)

Norway Chapter Leader

841 Paris Rd.

Hebron, ME 04238

966-3365

First Bookless Library Opens In San Antonio, TX

http://www.10news.com/lifestyle/bookless-library-first-all-digital-public-library-bibliotech-opens-in-texas01062014

Bookless library: First all-digital public library BiblioTech opens in Texas
Posted: 01/06/2014
Last Updated: 21 hours ago
ABC News San Diego CA

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http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/headlines/20140103-nation-s-first-bookless-library-opens-in-san-antonio.ece

Nation's first bookless library opens in San Antonio
PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press
Dallas News
Published: 03 January 2014 12:10 PM
Updated: 03 January 2014 12:10 PM

Coulter Focuses Only on Dangerous Mentally Ill. OK For Normal People to Shoot Up Schools?

[From article]
In addition to my repeated suggestion that Republicans introduce bills to institutionalize the dangerous mentally ill and force the Democrats to defend the right of psychos to crap in libraries and shoot up schools, Republicans should take the public’s side on immigration.

Coulter demands "Republicans introduce bills to institutionalize the dangerous mentally ill and force the Democrats to defend the right of psychos to crap in libraries and shoot up schools." Why not institutionalize "dangerous normal people" and force Democrats to defend the right of rational people to crap in libraries and shoot up schools? Coulter's proposals leave a lot of room for crapping and shooting by normal people. What happened to equal protection under the laws?

Are there any people who can define, "dangerous mentally ill" and "psycho?" Psychiatrists admit it is impossible to distinguish between sane and insane. Moreover why are psychiatrists allowed to predict the future in court? Do they know the stock market too? Is polarity a legal term?

http://www.humanevents.com/2014/01/08/could-we-get-some-immigrants-who-can-take-a-poll/

COULD WE GET SOME IMMIGRANTS WHO CAN TAKE A POLL?
By: Ann Coulter
1/8/2014 08:22 PM

Human Events

Harvard Libraries Changing Focus

Similar problems happening in other prominent libraries, e.g., NYPL
Fifth Avenue 42nd Street, changed from a research library to a lending
library. Issues are discussed by Marilyn Johnson in her 2010 book,
"This Book is Overdue." For the orderly among the university
community, historically all trouble-makers know how to read. J. Edgar
Hoover opposed libraries because books can open minds. Should books be
available to anyone, even those with FBI certified trouble-making
psychological profiles? Perhaps a panel discussion at the Institute of
Politics with pro and anti democratic scholars. Maybe Cass Sunstein
and Thomas Friedman on the anti side, with Alan Keyes and Ron Paul on
the pro side. Subject of debate might be "Books: Who Should Be Allowed
to Read Them?"

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/10/18/faculty-question-library-future/

Faculty Question Future of Libraries
By JARED T. LUCKY,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Thursday, October 18, 2012

NYPL Moving Books To Princeton, More Computers

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/banishing_the_books_oDxySVxpjFR0raBsUeNQEP

Banishing the books
NY Public Library’s huge mistake
By IVAN KENNEALLY
New York Post
Last Updated: 12:21 AM, January 31, 2012
Posted: 10:17 PM, January 30, 2012

Harvard Is Diverse But Intolerant of Conflicting Opinions

Dean Hammonds "lauded King’s message of establishing a 'beloved community' based on brotherhood, love, and justice." One problem with disagreements is the definition of words. What is meant by "justice" for example? Does it mean giving rewards to individuals who did not earn them? Does it mean punishing individuals who did no wrong? Why is MLK Jr.'s dream of judging people on the basis of their character not their skin color, ignored by black politicians and academics? Greedy Cambridge politicians demand that 30 percent of public school employees should be black. Hammonds had no comment. "Hammonds added that Harvard is one of the most diverse communities in the world." At the same time Harvard is the most intolerant of diverse opinions. Is Harvard more diverse than New York City? Last month the Harvard Faculty voted to delete courses of a professor whose opinions they disliked, calling it hate speech. Hammonds had no comment. "Hammonds said it is the College’s responsibility to teach students 'how to respectfully disagree.'" In that the College has failed miserably. Try suggesting on campus that Affirmative Action is a government abomination discriminating based on race. How tolerant are Harvard affiliates to Republicans or to critics of Obama and Holder? How long does it take for Harvard students to call those with whom they disagree, racists without defining the term?

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/1/30/hammonds-cambridge-martin-luther-king-junior-library/

Cambridge Library Celebrates Diversity
Dean Hammonds Keynote Speaker
By Nathalie R. Miraval and Rebecca D. Robbins,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Published: Monday, January 30, 2012

Craig Kelley and Public Libraries

"Kelley has pushed for increased access to academic resources such as the library system." Are there some barriers to access to the Cambridge Public Library? One former Councilor wanted to build a bridge from CRLS to the new library. Do high school students have trouble finding their way to the next door library? The only barrier to libraries are desire on the part of the individual. There are libraries open to the public in every city and town in this area. Plus many colleges allow people into their libraries as well.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/1/craig-kelley-council-election/

Candidate Profile: Craig Kelley
By Nikita Kansra, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Harvard Crimson
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Libraries and Digital Books

[From article]
"OverDrive proposed a new contract that would raise administrative fees 700 percent by 2015.

In June, the Kansas state librarian and attorney general announced their intent to petition OverDrive for the right to terminate its contract. Kansas asserts that it owns the e-books it licensed and has the right to transfer them to a new service provider. To make sure, the state asked permission of 168 publishers. If the publishers dispute their request, Kansas will have effectively spent $568,000 for books it will no longer be able to access.
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HarperCollins. In February, the publisher incurred the ire of librarians nationwide when it put a cap on the number of times libraries could lend their titles — after 26 checkouts, libraries would need to purchase the title again at full price. In the wake of this decision, more than 60,000 people signed a petition against HarperCollins, and many libraries openly boycotted purchasing their titles, digital and otherwise.
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In Newport Beach, California, construction for a "bookless" public library is underway. As the Los Angeles Times reported in April, patrons will order books by speaking into a video camera; librarians in a remote location where the books are stored will then send the books to Newport Beach for pickup at a later date.
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in two thirds of the country, libraries are the only place to access the Internet for free. In other words, the public library of 2011 has become the last refuge for the technologically disenfranchised.
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Boston Public Library received a grant to buy Kindles in order to lend them to the general public. With e-books on their way to becoming widely accessible, libraries will be free to move more of their resources into digital materials, shed personnel,"

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/arts/124475-will-kindles-kill-libraries/

Will Kindles kill libraries?
In this corner: libraries struggling to bring in patrons. In the other: Kindles looking to expand their market. Will it be a bloodbath, or can they hug it out?
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON
July 27, 2011

Camden NJ May Close All Libraries

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/camden-closing-library-system-20100806-apx

Camden Closing Library System
Updated: Friday, 06 Aug 2010, 12:11 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 06 Aug 2010, 8:55 AM EDT

MYFOXNY.COM STAFF REPORT

Reading is Dangerous

Reading is Dangerous

J. Edgar Hoover recognized the dangers of reading books. People get ideas. Then they talk about them and write about them. They start asking questions and cause all kinds of trouble in a peaceful Conformist loving city like Cambridge. The City Manager knows best. Better to give money to MIT and to Harvard and to prevent trouble in this city by the Charles, by keeping the number of hours for library access down to a minimum. People can watch television or listen to their iPods or MP3s. No need to read books. Don't worry, be happy!

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/opinions/x817678081/Impact-of-library-closing-detrimental

Letter: Impact of library closing detrimental
GERALD BERGMAN
Elm Street
Cambridge Chronicle
Tue Feb 17, 2009, 02:45 AM EST

Library Lights Go Off

Library Lights Go Off

Derrick Jackson argues rationally to encourage library use. (Derrick Z.
Jackson, "As TVs go on, library lights go off," Boston Globe, May 30, 2007)
Unfortunately the decisions regarding library funding are made by politicians or
politicians masquerading as City Managers.
Reading is dangerous from the perspective of deceptive politicians. People
who read books seldom give money to politicians. Few politicians read.
There is no tangible return from keeping libraries open. They are used as a
refuge by persons without homes. They encourage critics who learn that the
politicians may be misleading the public.
A way to overrule the interests of the self serving politicians is lacking.
That is why libraries are one of the first budget items receiving the axe.



--
Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM

As TVs go on, library lights go off
By Derrick Z. Jackson,
Boston Globe Columnist
May 30, 2007

PLOP 'M DOWN. Kill the libraries. Fry the kids.

In a study in this month's Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,
researchers found that 40 percent of children regularly watched television by 3
months old. By age 2, 90 percent watch an average of 1 1/2 hours of TV a day.

So much for doctor's orders. The American Academy of Pediatrics says children
should watch no television before age 2, as studies show that too much TV leads
to poor grades, attention deficit, obesity, and bullying. Denting the myth that
exhausted parents use TV merely as a cheap babysitter, two-thirds of parents
have convinced themselves the boob tube is a major educational and social
resource.

A combined 66.5 percent of parents say they let their infants and toddlers watch
television because the shows and videos are "good" for their brains, help them
relax, socialize with siblings, and get along well with others, and because they
"enjoy" them.
[...]
Derrick Z. Jackson's e-mail address is jackson@globe.com.