Archive for the ‘Libraries’ Category
The Bottom Line
The August 2006 American Libraries has an interesting story about censorship thwarted. Apparently the Nampa Public Library in Idaho was willing to let a donor with $10,000 walk away rather than bend to his desire to have several books, legitimate sources of information about sex, be removed from the stacks. Yay, Nampa PL!
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Identified Needles
There is an interesting story on C|Net News on libraries using RFIDs. A few quotes:
“RFID makes the painstaking task of sniffing out misplaced books much easier, according to proponents. Library staff need only peruse the facilities with a handheld RFID reader, which triggers each book within a few feet to identify itself via a [...]