Cyberpunk Librarian @lemmy.ml Systems librarian, podcaster, coder, musician, author, and cyberpunk.
Before watching Fruits Basket, an anime which mixes the romantic comedy, slice-of-life, and supernatural genres, I knew there was a librarian character (voiced by Sayumi Watabe). I was not aware, h…
Big award for little library: Mendocino County branch is named best of its class in America
The Round Valley branch of the Mendocino County Library, located in the unincorporated community of Covelo, has won Library Journal’s 2024 Best Small
What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?
Around this time last year, the education news landscape was buzzing about one school district’s plan to improve test scores that included closing ...
The John G. White Collection at the Cleveland Public Library is the world’s largest collection of chess literature and artifacts, encompassing items from the 14th...
The decision locks libraries into an ecosystem that is not in readers' interests. Congress must act.
Councilman William Carroll, on Tuesday, responded to calls for banning books within the Mobile Public Library System with questions on whether those bans should extend to the Bible.
Internet Archive’s Open Library Faces Uncertain Future After Court Sides With Publishers
The San Francisco-based nonprofit is weighing next steps as an online petition to restore hundreds of thousands of titles that were removed from its online collection gathers steam.
UW Magazine | University of Washington
60% of libraries evaluating or planning for AI integration
Clarivate study combines feedback from a global survey of more than 1,500 librarians
Editorial: Offering everything from coding clubs to company, they are more essential than ever as other services vanish
Press Release: MARCIVE announces closure after 43 years of service to libraries. It is with deep regret that MARCIVE Inc. announces the closure of its operations after 43 years of dedicated service to libraries nationwide. Since its founding in 1981, MARCIVE, Inc. has been a trusted provider of cat...
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MARCIVE, Inc. will officially cease operations by the end of December 2024. Until then, the company will continue to function as usual, ensuring that all clients experience uninterrupted service. During this period, MARCIVE, Inc. will be reviewing all existing subscriptions and renewals on a case-by-case basis to determine the most appropriate course of action for each client.
Computers are back at Seattle Public Library
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Visitors can now use public computers at Seattle Public Library, three months after a ransomware attack shut down much of its system.
Patrons can also now suggest new items to add to the library collection and use pickup lockers. Access to microfilm will be available in late September, the library posted online Tuesday.
Pima County library proposal would shrink and move downtown branch, close more locations this year
The Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson, AZ could close for downsizing renovations in December 2024, and reopen in a different location. The change, along with the closure of more libraries, are part of a report about the future of the Pima County Public Library system.
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“Our new focus unlinks our services from brick-and-mortar, to make us nimble, responsive, innovative, and relevant to all communities as we go where customers are — both in person and online,” the report says. “This is a big departure from previous expectations that every library [is] as close to every type of Programming as possible.”
Several of the libraries that will be closed will have parts of their programming shifted to nearby community centers. In some cases, book borrowing services would move to book lockers or pop-up libraries, or mobile book-mobiles.
The 2024 Library Design Showcase celebrates new and renovated libraries and administrative facilities throughout North America.
A public library that keeps the public out: Somerville closing central library for hours each weekday after bad behavior
Seems to me that there might have been a better way to handle this.
Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry.
Oh those sad, sorry publishers. It'll be so hard on them if they can't make as many billion dollars per year off publicly funded research. How will they ever survive on less than $19 billion?
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Although open-access advocates and library groups support the move, opponents argue the new policy will limit researchers’ ability to maintain control of their published work—and cut into the $19 billion academic publishing industry’s profit margins.
Press Release: Lyngsoe Systems Group announces formation of new subsidiary, Lyngsoe Systems Library Solutions. Lyngsoe Systems A/S has formed a new subsidiary company, Lyngsoe Systems Library Solutions. This strategic move will allow the company to further focus on its core competencies and enhance...
This one is for the library automation nerds like me. For the unfamiliar, Lyngsoe makes and sells material movement systems like check-in and sorting systems. Some of these are fairly simple things like a sorter with bins on either side and items are shunted into bins based on whatever criteria the library decides. Other systems can ferry library materials to different floors of the library and deposit them in the proper locations for a faster return-to-shelf time.
Weird! I know I put the URL in because I had it copy the headline from it. Sorry about that!
I literally got this error using a bootable SSD with Ubuntu Mate on it. Separate drives aren't immune to the issue.