Archive for January, 2007
Town Considers Guards for Library Disrupted by Students
January 4th, 2007The NYT is all over the Maplewood library story. The town is getting involved in the conversation (good) by saying that they will hire security guards. But:
“David Huemer, who represents the Maplewood Township Committee on the library board, said the library had already indicated that a plan for guards was not enough to [...]
A mobile library on your phone
January 3rd, 2007According to Times Online, Nokia is working on technology that will allow cell users to listen to audio books on cell phones by inserting a tiny card into the phone.
“The card can be slotted into a mobile phone, dispensing with the need to carry up to six CDs for an audio version of a book.”
More on Maplewood Library Closings
January 3rd, 2007Lots of interesting quotes from this article from the Star Ledger.
“Patricia Tumulty, the longtime director of the New Jersey Library Association, said she’s never heard of a library going to this extreme.
“It just cries out for a community dialogue … on latchkey children,” she said of Maplewood’s plight.”
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“Karen Pettis, the library board’s vice president: “They [...]
Mobile libraries in South America
January 2nd, 2007One of my New Years Resolutions is to try to be more peaceful with my overall aura. One of the causes of my anxiety issue is angst, both internal and external. And, after witnessing one of the cruelist forms of humanity unfold on television and the Web this weekend, I think the world [...]
Lock the Library!
January 2nd, 2007Take a look at this piece from the NYT:
“Every afternoon at Maplewood Middle School’s final bell, dozens of students pour across Baker Street to the public library. Some study quietly.”
Others, library officials say, fight, urinate on the bathroom floor, scrawl graffiti on the walls, talk back to librarians or refuse to leave when asked. [...]