Millennials use public libraries the most, and are the most likely to see public libraries as a resource for trustworthy information.
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The city's public libraries also said they would reopen Wednesday.
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Also streaming for select public libraries and universities through Kanopy.
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Weekends: Streaming for select public libraries and universities through Kanopy.
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Get last-minute help filing at public libraries across the city.
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She also pioneered the movement to open public libraries to children.
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And it's children who don't have access to quality, public libraries.
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But public libraries in the U.S., like in San Jose, Calif.
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Go deeper: Public libraries help students fend off summer learning loss
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Critics say his proposal, aimed at public libraries, amounts to censorship.
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Workers at the city's public libraries help newcomers apply for citizenship.
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He is a transient that is known to frequent public libraries.
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A study of book access in Los Angeles found that both school and public libraries in lower-income areas had fewer books than those in wealthier districts, and that the public libraries were open for fewer hours.
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Kanopy says it's already working with more than 4,000 public libraries globally.
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Before her time, public libraries were considered unacceptable places for young children.
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"For example, we don't really have public libraries in Brazil," she said.
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Last month public libraries in four cities — Philadelphia; Akron, Ohio; Wichita, Kan.
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Many public libraries also offer free access to The Times online. 211.
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Several of her ceramic tile murals are in the region's public libraries.
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Many public libraries have printers and copy machines you can use as well.
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They can get applications at "citizenship corners" in public libraries in many states.
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Picture Prompts In your opinion, are public libraries still relevant and important today?
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The public libraries and school libraries saved me, as did my mother's bookshelf.
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In the United States, we have public libraries, and we have our librarians.
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They're available at most hardware stores and can sometimes be borrowed at public libraries.
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Indeed, the fact that affluent families use public libraries is arguably an institutional strength.
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The big picture: President Trump has proposed to defund federal money toward public libraries.
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Public libraries exist in large part because they are necessary to a functioning democracy.
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Covid-19 has pushed millions of students' classes online and temporarily shuttered public libraries.
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All Daegu's public libraries, museums, churches, day-care centers and courts have been closed.
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In Hong Kong's public libraries, LGBTQ-themed children's books are disappearing off the shelves.
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Public libraries and the Chicago Park District will also have activities in place for students.
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Individual parents and organized groups frequently call for books to be banned from public libraries.
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States should designate high schools, public libraries and state health exchanges as voter registration sites.
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Public libraries play an important role in bringing the Internet to underserved communities, she says.
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Playing many sports can be free (or cheap), and public libraries are free (or cheap).
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Sixty-four percent of US public libraries are members of consortia for e-book purchasing.
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I prefer to take them to public libraries and museums that cost so much less.
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Rosina, who is now retired, has been using public libraries since she was nine years old.
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For example, in 1972, 19813% of Americans said communist books should be banned from public libraries.
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Many of those books are published in China, making them affordable for consumers, including public libraries.
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Starting Friday, all events and public programing at New York City public libraries are been canceled.
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It's now a national nonprofit organization whose program has been replicated in public libraries in 22016 states.
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But public libraries like San Jose's are struggling to find money to pay for books and services.
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The Gates Foundation previously supported a pilot project that modernized seven public libraries in the Uttar Pradesh.
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A homeschooled child, Sarah had unlimited access to public libraries, where she discovered sexy sci-fi novels.
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To the Editor: Eric Klinenberg is correct to recognize public libraries' role as an enduring democratic institution.
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Sweeping open-carry legislation in Texas meant public libraries could not keep guns out of the stacks.
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There are superb public libraries and innumerable public spaces in the form of beaches, bays and parks.
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The paradigmatic example is Andrew Carnegie's funding of public libraries, an experiment in cultivating an educated citizenry.
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And if the latest public libraries incident shows anything, they still have a long way to go.
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Readings have taken place at schools, bookstores, and museums but have mostly found a home at public libraries.
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Public libraries are great and offer all kinds of digital options that you may not be aware of.
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Public libraries are refuge - from, among many other things, the spread of corporate monolith advocated in this piece.
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"Public libraries are government agencies subject to the First Amendment," the American Library Association said in a statement.
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Public libraries in the United States purchase a lot of e-books, and circulate e-books a lot.
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Public libraries have proven time and time again that they're the absolute best—the latest proof you need a library card is that one now provides access to nearly a full collection of A24 films accessible via Kanopy, a free video streaming app primarily used by public libraries and educational institutions.
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" —Geri D. "Working in urban public libraries, the answer is: everything, and most of those stories aren't happy ones.
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The whole goal is for local public libraries to have whatever resources would be most useful for that community!
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CLOSED Anything government-owned, like the post office, DMV, public libraries, etc, is most likely going to be closed.
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Not enough people are aware of Kanopy, an on-demand streaming service that partners with universities and public libraries.
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The librarians that you see in public libraries, school libraries, academic libraries — they all go through a master's program.
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Beginning today, the Subway Library will offer commuters six weeks of free downloadable books from the city's public libraries.
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One of the best things about the Kindle and e-readers in general is their integration with public libraries.
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All these materials are still in print and available on Amazon, eBay or in public libraries around the country.
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Public libraries might be fighting with Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu for your eyeballs in the online content wars.
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Most public libraries today offer eBooks and software, along with tech support, meeting rooms, computer access and literacy programs.
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They said they scoured the internet and public libraries for vaccine findings, then shared their conclusions with one another.
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"New York City public libraries make up make up less than one percent of the city budget," Montefinise wrote.
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Some 4,000 public libraries worldwide use the service, so there's a decent chance you have access through your local system.
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Individuals, enterprise, small businesses, schools, churches, public libraries — a sample of those exploited can be seen in the following table.
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But it's 2019 and I live in a neighborhood where people need public libraries, and I live in a society.
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We all need it in this modern age, and bravo to public libraries, which lead the way in offering it.
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At the time, blacks in many places couldn't enter theaters, restaurants, hotels or parts of public libraries, courtrooms and legislatures.
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But if you only looked at that figure, you'd miss the fascinating transformation public libraries have undergone in recent years.
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For hangouts, he turned to McDonald's, public libraries and, for a while, the emergency department at New York Methodist Hospital.
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For the students, the draw is obvious: text books are increasingly expensive to purchase, and public libraries are under resourced.
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As a girl, she was forbidden to read books, but did so anyway, risking punishment to sneak into public libraries.
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By the numbers: In 2018, nearly 1 million children and teens attended summer activities through New York City public libraries.
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Now they can, through partnerships with public libraries in more than 192 cities, including Baton Rouge, La., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Ben Baker (R), who has argued that the measure is meant to protect children when they visit their public libraries.
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Terrye Moore Public libraries are stocked with digital audiobooks from Amazon's Audible, and browsers can check reviews on Amazon's Goodreads.
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You can also find The New York Times at most public libraries, and some even allow you to access NYTimes.
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But I'm a product of public school, I love public libraries, so I'm more than happy to pay the taxes.
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For example, public libraries often offer free craft or movie nights, and many museums have designated days that offer free admission.
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In New York, there is a travel ban, and many attractions are closed, including the city's public libraries, zoos and aquarium.
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There are hundreds of his public libraries across the nation, and they are, in a sense, the core of his giving.
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New schools, public libraries, open-air gyms and landscaped parks have been built in once once-neglected, no-go slum areas.
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From the stacks of his local public libraries, Young pulled illustrated catalogues filled with van Gogh's sunflowers and Old Master paintings.
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"Unlimited data plans aren't really available in Canada," said Sara Tavakolian, the project lead on the Toronto Public Libraries' WiFi program.
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Across the country, many public libraries held open enrollment events, hoping to fill in the gap where there were fewer navigators.
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I used to borrow four books a week from the library, and this is why I strongly support public libraries now.
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The funds would be used for job training, expenses related to expunging convictions, public libraries, community centers, and health education programs.
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Because the game turns public places and landmarks into playing areas, players have been hanging out in parks, churches and public libraries.
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To minimize and dismiss the significant role of public libraries -- historically and today -- in combating inequality and fostering democracy is simply ignorant.
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The New York Times announced Tuesday that its content will now be offered for free in all 85033,200 of California's public libraries.
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The shelf is a form of what's known as "readers' advisory," which almost all public libraries have in one form or another.
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Go deeper: Public libraries help students fend off summer learning loss Political response to mass shootings may be hurting mental health stigma
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For one, nearly all public libraries offer internet access and help with using computers, and around 80 percent provide job application help.
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The funds would be used for job training, expenses related to expunging convictions, public libraries, community centers, and health education programs. Sen.
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More broadly speaking then, what you're saying would also apply to other public libraries, as well as libraries in publicly funded educational settings.
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District officials encouraged students to go to public libraries and community organizations where educational programs and activities will be offered during the strike.
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No longer just repositories for books, public libraries have reinvented themselves as one-stop community centers that aim to offer something for everyone.
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The receipt is a feature of the Polaris Integrated Library System, an inventory management system for public libraries, that was added in 2016.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Public libraries are experiencing a surge in use that few could have predicted even a decade ago.
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They placed pro-Confederate books in school and public libraries, which they insisted students use when they competed in U.D.C.-sponsored essay contests.
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Unlike most faith gatherings, Civic Saturdays take place in a wide range of venues — public libraries, universities, town squares and even small businesses.
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And Macmillan's statement, saying that people can just borrow e-books from any library, betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how public libraries work.
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And here is a dirty little secret: Public libraries, despite their reputations for hushed wonder about the written word, can be rough places.
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In an opinion column published on Forbes on Saturday, a professor of economics argued that local public libraries should be replaced by Amazon.
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Both cities offer this great new perk through Kanopy, a streaming video service that works with public libraries and universities all over the country.
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It has one of the largest public libraries in London and a wonderful conservatory, which always makes me think of the film Silent Running.
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Chicago Public Libraries will be open for their regular operating hours, as well, and are prepared with their regular kids' activities and book events.
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Public libraries, which became common in the mid-nineteenth century, "form a testing ground for hopes and fears about civic connection," like public pools.
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Hers is a hyperlocal campaign, characterized by hundreds of public events she has held at community centers, county fairs, public libraries and people's homes.
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Public libraries are often overlooked, but they can be just as essential as tech companies to making sure the Internet is accessible to all.
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Correction: September 11, 2018 An earlier version of this essay included outdated information about a policy at the public libraries in San Jose, Calif.
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While that hasn't come to pass, public libraries are still at the mercy of potential cuts in city budgets, putting youth programs at risk.
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One of the casualties of coronavirus-related social distancing measures has been public libraries, which are shut down in many communities around the world.
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He's donated some -- $100k to his home county in Lancaster, PA -- and appears to have been involved in funding public libraries there as well.
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Still, she said, that has shifted somewhat now that Kanopy is in public libraries, especially given the collection's focus on classic and independent film.
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Story at a glance More Americans went to public libraries than movie theaters or sporting events in 262, according to a recent Gallup poll.
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For decades, New York's public libraries marked books with three stars (***) to indicate they were erotica and to be kept away from readers. 18.
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Ask your local politicians what they think about library funding, how they intend to fund public libraries, and make it clear it's important to you!
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Since their inception, public libraries have fought to ensure that all people — regardless of their background or beliefs — have access to knowledge, education, and opportunity.
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"Public libraries are on the frontline of helping the digitally excluded and digitally illiterate who wish to claim their right to Universal Credit," he notes.
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Our public libraries are charged with providing free access to information, and in recent years we have had to create new ways of doing that.
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Unlike thousands of public libraries in America — descendants of the one founded by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1731 — it was never a lending library.
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On Friday, the first reported case in Busan, South Korea's second largest city, caused public libraries, horse racetracks and facilities for senior citizens to close.
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They are trusted resources According to a Pew Research Center poll, 78% of American adults feel that public libraries help them find reliable sources. 8.
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Ms. Marshall, who served three terms as borough president starting in 2001, was remembered on Saturday as a champion of public libraries and her borough.
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Counties also operate and support thousands of public libraries, parks, community centers, business parks, job training services, and in nearly a dozen states, community colleges.
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When public libraries began proliferating in the South, African Americans were denied access by laws that weren't formally overturned until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Also prominently nearby is the booth of ProjectArt, an organization that offers arts classes in public libraries in neighborhoods where the public schools lack arts education.
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People who read books from public libraries, extremists argue, are just naturally smarter humans than the soulless deadbeats who share viral stories emailed by their mom.
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The coalition is planning to bring access to public libraries and other community centers on certain days to allow people to access the online census form.
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He also said he has often seen Hasidic men in public libraries going on the internet or reading books that are forbidden by their religious leaders.
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Similarly, Christie has logged more than 70 days in the state, often turning in marathon Q&A sessions at our fire stations, public libraries and churches.
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He also built the first of his famous public libraries in nearby Braddock, which was hit by the steel bust that set Pittsburgh back for decades.
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Nothing would be left for fighting endemic poverty south of the Trinity River, for public libraries, or for giving current police officers and firefighters a raise.
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I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the relationship between museums and public libraries, to understand what makes libraries feel different from museums.
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Founded in 1646 by a bishop who offered up his 5,000-volume personal collection, Biblioteca Palafoxiana is one of the oldest public libraries in the Americas.
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There were 18 protests alone targeting Drag Queen Story Hour events, in which drag queens read to children and their family members at local public libraries.
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In fact, public libraries are among the very few remaining places where all Americans can meet to exchange ideas and listen to opposing viewpoints for free.
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Public libraries as we know it have always contained the promise of democracy — institutions tasked with connecting all people to a wealth of information, free of charge.
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Ben Baker (R) proposed the "Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act," which will remove "age-inappropriate sexual material" from the state's libraries, according to an ABC report.
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Before Spacious, "I was mostly in cafes or public libraries beforehand as needed," Taranto, co-director of international art fair Fully Booked, told CNBC in an email.
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Hong Kong acted early closing schools, public libraries and museums, and urging people to work from home, way back in February when it had relatively few cases.
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A. Most public libraries in the United States carry The Times in print and may be able to give you papers from previous days, weeks or months.
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The ARSL, along with larger organizations like the American Library Association, has issued a statement recommending that public libraries close their doors amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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It seeks to preserve and reinforce the state's cultural and artistic heritage and is responsible for the state's public libraries, public broadcasting, volunteer projects and other programs.
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" Christopher Platt, the chief branch library officer, said that, to his knowledge, "This is the first educational gift to public libraries of this scale in the country.
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Beyond misunderstanding the purpose and continued usefulness of libraries, Mourdoukoutas seems to have been unable to find any statistics about public libraries that aren't about his own taxes.
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In arguing that we should replace public libraries with Amazon bookstore-cafes, Mourdoukoutas was in effect arguing that offering resources to vulnerable populations is not a public good.
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Two public libraries are in the school district, she noted: Mattituck-Laurel and Cutchogue New Suffolk, which support the schools by holding art shows, concerts and other events.
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The head of security for Huntington's two public libraries began banning students who were suspended from school for gang activity, or who he had heard were gang members.
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He decided to pick a selection of old vistas from online public libraries, then head out and take a photograph from the same spots, from the same perspectives.
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In Busan, South Korea's second largest city, public libraries, a horse racetrack and facilities for senior citizens closed when the city reported its first coronavirus case on Friday.
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The Minneapolis Art Lending Library (MALL), a non-profit art lending library with a "borrow or buy" system, recently went on tour to public libraries and community centers.
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If anything, the public needs its public libraries more than ever, as we work to close the digital divide, help the less fortunate, and separate fact from fiction.
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Its business model is to partner with universities and public libraries which then offer students and members the ability to stream the service's library of 30,000 films for free.
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While public libraries do often get state and federal funding or grants, they are usually funded out of local taxes, of which the biggest slice is usually property taxes.
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Banned Books Week is in some ways quaint today in the Amazon Kindle era, but the fight to have books in public libraries was (and sometimes today is) real.
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In case you're stuck on a train or need last-minute gift suggestions, here are the most checked-out books from the public libraries in each borough this year.
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In addition to school buildings, district officials also encouraged students to go to public libraries and community organizations where educational programs and activities will be offered during the strike.
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I see my own publishers, in a silly panic of ignorance and greed, charging public libraries for an e-book six or seven times more than they charge customers. . . .
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And worse, the tax cuts will eventually force cuts to essential programs that help the poor and middle class such as public libraries, food assistance, disability insurance, and Medicaid.
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The agency has also nearly doubled the number of survey locations, to 60 from 34, with a focus on places young people are known to gather, including some public libraries.
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He previously held directorships in both public libraries and corporate libraries and earned joint master's degrees in Library and Information Sciences and Medieval European History from Catholic University of America.
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Andrew Carnegie, after all, donated money to construct nearly 1,700 public libraries in America, on the condition that local governments take over all the costs of running and maintaining them.
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More than 2 million pairs of eclipse glasses, which allow you to watch the solar eclipse without damaging your eyes, are being distributed free at public libraries across the country.
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It was also among the titles Hong Kong pulled from bookshelves in public libraries this year, following pressure from anti-gay groups, the South China Morning Post newspaper has said.
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Public libraries efficiently use what little money they are allotted, even seeing patronage increase in the face of flat budgets or very austere increases that don't account for additional use.
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And well known is the ongoing struggle for people to gain access to public accommodations and use of facilities while respecting their gender identity — whether bathrooms, restaurants or public libraries.
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It is time to find a way to make access free to all by expanding services at our public libraries and by creatively turning other venues into Wi-Fi meccas.
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Chicago has more universities than any other city in the United States apart from Boston, said Emanuel, and offers free daily tuition in public libraries along with summer reading schemes.
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They are more or less centrist liberal orthodoxy without new insight: public libraries and public schools are both good things, she argues, and fences — both metaphorical and liberal — are not.
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It was picked up in social media especially by people and organisations working with younger people from teachers to public libraries, as well as information security and national security professionals.
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In 23, public libraries in California provided over 2000,000 meals for children at 139 sites, up from just 17 in 2013, said Dr. Cole, who has a doctorate in librarianship.
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If your knowledge of public libraries is limited to depictions in film and on television, you might think of them as the boring book places that are occasionally attacked by ghosts.
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It's a history of the card catalog, and it proves to be a really interesting look at not only the system itself, but also the history of public libraries in America.
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It was also among some titles pulled from bookshelves in public libraries in Hong Kong this year after pressure from anti-gay groups, the South China Morning Post newspaper has said.
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"We need to think of antibiotics (developing and protecting them) as a public good — much like we invest in things like national parks, public libraries, roads, bridges, traffic lights," Yeh says.
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Public libraries don't have hidden agendas; they don't track people's personal habits and sell that information to the highest bidder; they don't lobby public officials or try to influence public opinion.
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It was on a private platform, Twitter, where pro-democracy protesters organized, and on another private platform, Google, where the knowledge of a million public libraries could be accessed for free.
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The decline in public libraries and the rise of tablets have made books less popular, but this age-old idiom still remains true: you can't judge a book by its cover.
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Today, Beanstack is licensed to more than 1,200 public libraries and schools worldwide, and is often referred to as the "Fitbit for reading" because of how it tracks and rewards progress.
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Since Herman's death, George had been building public monuments to him all over Texas, not only Herman Brown public libraries but a Herman Brown Hall for Mathematical Sciences, at Rice University.
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I may not be able to read faster than you can, I have thought to myself, observing others in public libraries and coffee shops, but I'll bet I can read longer.
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It is a "violation of everything public libraries stand for," according to California State librarian Greg Lucas, who added that other state library heads reached out to him with their concerns.
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Andrew Carnegie married late and gave most of his fortune away, building the performance hall in New York that bears his name, along with thousands of public libraries and several universities.
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Chicago became the largest U.S. city to drop fees for overdue books at its public libraries, joining 150 other library systems in the U.S. and Canada, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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"Public libraries are a unique and irreplaceable amenity at the foundation of our democracy of informed citizens," Christopher Platt, Chief Branch Library Officer, New York Public Library, told me by email.
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Every year, 18,000 of the abandoned books (less than two days' worth of collection additions) are distributed to US public libraries, offices of politicians, and foreign national libraries free of charge.
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" —Charlie "Public libraries now have online guides on what car to buy (Consumer Reports), where to invest (Morningstar), how to learn a language, how to find your ancestors, and so much more.
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Dan Cohen, the executive director of the Digital Public Library of America, wrote in a blog post that the program would go beyond the e-book loans already offered by public libraries.
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The title comes from a phrase used by Andrew Carnegie, an American steel baron of the early 103th century, to describe the thousands of public libraries he helped build with his donations.
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On Tuesday, State Senator Todd Weiler, a Republican who is a chief sponsor of the legislation, said public libraries and fast food restaurants that offer free Internet were part of the problem.
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"Public libraries have always been at the foundation of our democracy of informed citizens: we preserve and make accessible fact," said Anthony W. Marx, the president of the New York Public Library.
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Last month, a Hong Kong group said it had successfully petitioned the government to remove children's books that discuss same-sex parenting and related themes from the main stacks of public libraries.
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Library books are free, until they aren't: Patrons who rack up $15 in late fees at the city's public libraries are blocked from taking out more books until the fine is paid.
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Social Security, Medicare, bans on indoor smoking, the "do not call" list (when it worked) and public libraries are examples of government solutions that are easy to understand and to benefit from.
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Our public libraries are working with organizations like AARP, Ariva, Food Bank, MMCC and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to offer free filing help — and prevent you from overtipping Uncle Sam.
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Kanopy, which is accessible as an app on Roku and Android and iOS devices, and as a website, is available to 20083 public libraries and 1,424 learning institutions across the United States.
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In a response to the growing criticism in India, Zuckerberg's Times of India editorial claimed that Free Basics is a bastion of net neutrality, comparing the service to public libraries and hospitals.
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Nationally, public libraries are redefining their mission at a time when access to technology, and the ability to use it, is said to deepen class stratification, leaving many poor and disadvantaged communities behind.
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So just as there are public libraries, there should be easy access to Wi-Fi as well as accommodations to those children who do not have any way themselves to get Internet access.
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But in Toronto, where public libraries have just started a similar WiFi lending pilot program with funds from Google and the city, WiFi hotspots have a data cap of 10 gigabytes per month.
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Even though our kids' lives rotate around social gatherings—birthday parties, playgrounds, public libraries, zoos—we have to keep them isolated from other humans, large and small, in the interest of public health.
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Two-thirds of Americans say that closing their local public libraries would hurt their communities, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center report, the most recent year the organization collected data on libraries.
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As a high schooler, Chance recorded his music in a studio run by YOUmedia, a space run by the Digital Youth Network and Chicago Public Libraries and available to Chicago high school students.
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Publishing houses like Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, chains like Barnes & Noble, independent book stores like the Strand Book Store in Manhattan, and public libraries see book lovers congregating on social media.
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Apart from once having to console my sister after she sat down at a library computer on a chair that was soaked in piss, my own experiences with public libraries have been extremely positive.
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He made good on his promise to provide municipal ID cards for undocumented immigrants, allowing them to obtain services that were previously unavailable to them, such as opening bank accounts or accessing public libraries.
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If we take it as read that public libraries exist and are good and important, then we're saying that the services they provide are basic rights that it is our government's responsibility to safeguard.
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Between them, they have published videos in 32 languages, including Arabic, Nigerian pidgin and Bengali, about the virus and how to get help, on their websites and Instagram and in schools and public libraries.
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Working with Eugene E. Jones, Jr., who runs the Housing Authority, Mr. Emanuel persuaded federal officials that public libraries could be co-located with public housing projects without putting federal housing subsidies at risk.
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Between them, they have published videos in 32 languages, including Arabic, Nigerian pidgin and Bengali, about the virus and how to get help, on their websites and Instagram and in schools and public libraries.
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The bill, known as the "Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act," has drawn criticism by library and freedom-of-speech groups since it was introduced last month by State Representative Ben Baker, a Republican.
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In the United States, Muslim leaders seeking to distance their faith from the violence of the Islamic State have held question-and-answer sessions at public libraries and in the classrooms of Christian universities.
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The account had been accessed half a dozen times from public libraries around Washington, D.C., and the New York agents were certain that the individual lived somewhere in the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
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Alison Macrina from the Library Freedom Project, which advocates for setting up Tor exit nodes in public libraries, told Motherboard in an email that users are also frustrated that CloudFlare's captchas are only in English.
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The public libraries are a slightly different situation in that they don't run classes in the same way, but on the flip side of that they probably have a lot more access to the community.
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According to the Public Library Association, electronic material circulation in libraries has been expanding at a rate of 30% per year; and public libraries offered over 391 million e-books to their patrons in 2017.
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And many of those who want to live in a place with better schools, better roads and bigger public libraries have taken Ms. Hamilton's suggestion — they've moved to places that can afford to offer them.
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In New Jersey, parents can opt to have the baby box shipped to their home for free, or can pick it up at distribution sites like hospitals or social service agencies — and eventually public libraries.
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The lines snaked through school hallways and public libraries and down sun-dappled sidewalks, filled with New Yorkers in business suits and exercise attire, alone and with relatives, as they cast their votes on Tuesday.
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Six to Celebrate has included unconventional neighborhood designations like historic public libraries, ferry bridges in the Bronx, and Staten Island cemeteries, some of which are inaccessible, yet Hart Island is distinct in its restricted nature.
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"The reality is that digital assistance has been outsourced to public libraries and civil society organizations," he writes, suggesting that for the most vulnerable in society, a shiny digital portal is operating more like a firewall.
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She portrays the surprising breadth of assistance that public libraries and librarians offer patrons: 'In a world heavily skewed toward people who can pay for access to resources, we do what we can to provide equity.
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Overdrive helps users gain access to free audiobooks and encourages them to explore their public libraries; the site partners with local schools and libraries to bring its catalog of audiobooks to as many people as possible.
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Depero produced less than one thousand copies for the book's first run, but researchers have traced only a few dozen to public libraries and collections around the world; even facsimiles published decades later are rare objects.
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"Public libraries are and always have been more about the people they serve than the books they house—they are the cornerstone of the community," Los Angeles City Librarian, John F. Szabo, told me by email.
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At a time when struggling Americans are falling deeper into poverty and America's wealth gap is growing, public libraries remain one of the only places where vulnerable people can connect with the resources to improve their lives.
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A. While you generally need a Kindle device or Kindle reading app to borrow e-books in the Kindle format, many public libraries offer e-books in other formats that work on a wide variety of devices.
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A swell of needle litter in public libraries and parks in Santa Ana collided with a worsening homelessness epidemic in the region, and the two issues became intertwined in the minds of the public and political leaders.
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This developing movement, supported by nonprofit groups, entrepreneurs, libraries and community fund-raising, is redefining the borders of traditional neighborhood public libraries by creating literary spaces in places where children find themselves with time on their hands.
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Public libraries have given their cardholders access to thousands of free movies to stream for a while, but now a collection of films from A24, the indie production company, has been added to the streaming platform Kanopy.
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People need an indoor place to rest, or somewhere they can use the internet to communicate with family members and service providers or to work—Mike is a video editor—and so they go to public libraries.
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They serve more customers than your local movie theater According to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, around 278 billion people visit public libraries every year, more than the 28 billion movie theater admissions in 246.
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A study of e-book circulation in American public libraries, by the e-book company Overdrive, found that the number of people who checked out Mr. Alexie's 12 e-book titles and Mr. Díaz's five declined in 2018.
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This type of service was so appealing to Silicon Valley that Apple acquired the project Cutting funds has real consequences: In 2012, Chicago Public Libraries faced a $7 million budget cut following on several years of reduced funding.
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"I wouldn't go down hard and say that Little Free Libraries harm public libraries," Schmidt says—although she and Hale expressed lasting anxiety over the library budget attacks waged by former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his austerity agenda.
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Most online teaching platforms can't be used effectively with a smartphone, and for those who rely on public libraries for internet access when away from campus, how will that help if we are being told to avoid public places?
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In turn, Amazon, which dominates the book market, could, up front, make self-interested commitments in local school programs and, as Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University, advocates, in public libraries, our most vibrant, multipurpose community hubs.
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As my governor closes all the public schools and public libraries here in Seattle, I'm thinking about 1981 — the year when newspapers in New York and Los Angeles reported that a strange new virus was killing healthy young men.
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In fact, in the United States as in other civil societies, socialist institutions abound: public schools, state university systems, fire departments, police, garbage collection, public libraries, Social Security, Medicare, public works and the military, to name just a few.
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" Book establishments per 100k residents: 38 Why it's perfect for bookworms: "While just the sixth-largest suburb of ATL, the city of just more than 60,193 offers a disproportional 13 booksellers and 10 public libraries for its small stature.
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In the book, you mention that there are almost as many McDonald's in the US as there are public libraries, which got me thinking about the way fast-food chains seem to have become these sort of para-municipal bodies.
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This is ideal if you live in a country that blocks certain websites and information, or if you want a secure connection on a public WiFi network like the ones you'd find in public libraries, movie theaters, and coffee shops.
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Streets in the usually busy city, which has an estimated population of 2.5 million people, have lost their hustle and bustle as kindergartens and public libraries have been closed, and shopping malls, restaurants, and movie theaters lie deserted, Yonhap reported.
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Late last year, the streaming service Kanopy — which is available to public library cardholders in 2220 library systems and more than 275,19603 individual public libraries in the US — announced that it was partnering with Wiseman's company to make his catalog available to cardholders.
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Lesser-known services like Mubi make some of the kinds of films that you might find on FilmStruck available for a monthly subscription, and many public libraries make the Kanopy library, which includes some classic and Criterion films, available to their cardholders.
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In a letter to the FCC last Thursday, the American Library Association (ALA) floated a solution: why not turn the nation's 16,557 public libraries into free, communal broadband Wi-Fi hotspots, then extend that access into the broader communities that surround them?
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For public libraries — most of which are government agencies or nonprofits — this could be a serious burden, as we deliver large amounts of video to our patrons, have users remotely accessing collections at home, we offer hundreds of expensive databases to the public for free.
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A few recent programming additions to our more than 200 public libraries include the Drag Queen Story Hour at the Brooklyn Public Library, in which drag queens read to children, and the Telestory program, which connects inmates with their families for chats and story time.
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By the end of the 19th, the upper class was building the subway and public libraries, but also resisted opening the Metropolitan Museum on Sundays, the one day off for most workers, or allowing free admission that day unless the city increased its subsidy.
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I'm writing this from the public library in East Oakland, because my friend Samantha said if you work from home that's the best place to go right now — most public libraries have central air filtration and are not pulling the smoky air from the outside.
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Multispace could look like a brand-new thing or it might look just like, say, Facebook or Google, but its core would be open technologies governed by some incorruptible, benevolent organization whose mission could be likened to that of public libraries: guarantors of free and open information.
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In addition to books and other materials, public libraries in every community in our great country are providing access to the computer and the internet, technology training classes, tablets, laptops, and more, offering everyone the tools they need to improve their lives, strengthen their communities, and succeed.
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During booming eras like the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s, Black creatives often gathered in apartments, church basements, public libraries, and touchstones like the Harlem YMCA or the mansion home of A'Lelia Walker (daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, one of the first Black millionaires).
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The concept of free public libraries gained support in the 1830s and was popularized by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie , who helped build 403,689 libraries around the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s on the notion that all people should have an opportunity to improve themselves.
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In 2007, Kay Tobin Lahusen, a gay photojournalist, donated more than 170 boxes of historical materials from her private collection to the New York Public Library, which marked the beginning of an era in which public libraries began to accept and house collections of LGBT materials.
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And just maybe, if bigger institutions look to collaborations with community-based organizations, public libraries, and other organizations in our cities that bear important local histories, we can learn more about the art we have in our collections and how they function outside the walls of museums.
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Public library cardholders in New York City will no longer have access to tens of thousands of movies through Kanopy as of July 1, when the New York, Brooklyn and Queens public libraries end their partnerships with the streaming service because of the cost, the libraries said Monday.
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Though you probably haven't heard of it unless you have young kids or work with elementary school-age children, Age of Learning has built a significant presence in online education since it was founded in 2007, thanks mainly to the popularity of ABCmouse in schools, public libraries and Head Start programs.
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This book, as the title suggests, is a homage to public libraries at a time when budget cuts in the United Kingdom (or the disunited Kingdom, now that Scotland and Ireland seem to be on the brink of seceding) and new ways of communicating are closing these free, life-changing institutions.
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Imposing a means test on free book borrowing at public libraries would, similarly, cut against the civic purpose of the library, even though many families who take advantage of library services are in the top third of the income distribution and don't strictly need public assistance to get our hands on books.
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Levingston thanks his wife and numerous archivists for their help with the research, but his greatest debt, fully acknowledged, is to books available in most public libraries: oral histories, memoirs, biographies and narrative histories, including "Parting the Waters," the first volume of Taylor Branch's monumental trilogy of America in the King years.
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" Rather's publisher, Algonquin Books, describes What Unites Us as "a collection of wholly original essays" about "the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive towards science and innovation that have made the United States great.
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Its apps, Libby and Sora (available in the App Store), make collaboration with libraries and schools possible: Libby instructs users on how to get a library card in order to connect them to local public libraries where Overdrive houses audiobooks, and Sora utilizes student logins to grant student users access to Overdrive's catalog of audiobooks in their school's library.
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