Silver City Public Library customers may now enjoy free access to The New York Times, The New York Times Cooking and The New York Times Games, compliments of the New Mexico State Library. The addition complements the librarys already substantial online media options available to its customers free of charge.Since late last year, library card holders have had access to free TV, music and movie downloads, e-books and audiobooks, online magazines, popular comics, language learning and genealogy research tools.Were very happy that thanks to the New Mexico State Library, all New Mexicans are able to access this vital, national newspaper, said library Assistant Director Lillian Galloway. Facilitating this access meets our librarys mission of providing access to information and ideas, and connecting people to the wider world.In addition to reporting on the most important national and international news of the day, the New York Times offers the latest information on nearly every topic, including financial management, parenting, politics and more.The New York Times Cooking is an inspiring cooking guide, innovative and interactive kitchen tool, and offers a diverse recipe collection that helps home cooks of every level discover, save and organize the worlds best recipes, while also helping them become better, more competent cooks, library officials said.The New York Times Games, meanwhile, have captivated solvers since the launch of the crossword in 1942. The newspapers experts create engaging word and visual games that stimulate and keep the mind sharp.To access The New York Times news, cooking and games for free, use the links on the Digital Services page on the librarys website, silvercitypubliclibrary.org.Other online platforms offered by the Silver City Public Library include Hoopla, Flipster, Comics Plus, Rocket Languages and Ancestry.com.Hoopla offers access to a wide variety of free TV and movie downloads, similar to Netflix, as well as e-books, audiobooks, comics and music, with a limit of five downloads per month per library card holder. The platform greatly expands and complements the librarys existing e-book and audiobook collection, accessible via Overdrive and the Libby app, which the library has been using since 2014.For magazine lovers, Flipster is an online platform offering popular titles such as the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics and Rolling Stone.Comics Plus dramatically expands the librarys comics collection and includes a built-in reader function, which allows patrons to flip page-by-page electronically. Content includes thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga frommore than 100 library-friendly publishers. Titles include popular and award-winning comics such as Avatar, Star Trek, Manga Classics, Bone, Locke and Key, Geronimo Stilton, Lumberjanes and Nancy Drew.Rocket Languages is a language learning app for people of all ages who want to learn any of 14 languages. The tool supports all types of learning styles visual, audio, reading and writing with 120 hours of interactive instruction in Spanish, Italian, German, French, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, ESL for Spanish speakers, American Sign Language even Baby Sign Language. The platform offers interactive lessons and games for helping users improve their conversational skills with native speakers, and a tool for recording ones voice and comparing it to the native speaker for improved intonation and pronunciation.Ancestry.com can be accessed on-site, and offers content not available elsewhere, according to Galloway.Genealogy researchers can access things like census records, ship manifests to check for passenger names, labor records and other helpful information, she said.Library staff have also dedicated time to creating thousands of pages of digital files of local newspapers and other content previously available only on microfilm and in print. The Daily Press and Silver City Independent, the Silver City Enterprise and other newspapers and publications are now electronically accessible using keyword searches and an alphabetized biography index, making research much easier.Often our customers are surprised by the amount of free, online content thats available, Galloway said. Were happy to have this opportunity to further expand these offerings.All of these new resources are available at no cost to library card holders using computer web browsers or mobile apps. For patrons without computers or internet access, all services may be accessed by using the computers and internet service available free of charge at the library. Hoopla, Flipster, Comics Plus and Rocket Languages will require users to create an online account with their library card number, and include content for adults, teens and children. Parents and caregivers are responsible for guiding minors to age-appropriate content.For more information, call the library at 575-538-3672 or email [emailprotected] Library hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library is closed on Sunday.

Lisa Jimenez is contracted by the town of Silver City as a freelance writer. She may be reached at [emailprotected]

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Lost your library card? First, check the lost and found at the library, or head to the library on Sept. 28, 29 or 30 to take advantage of free replacement card days.If youve lost your card, the free card replacement days are a great time to regain access to library services, both physical and digital, said Lillian Galloway, assistant director and programming and outreach librarian. Normally, replacement cards are $5, but from the 28th to the 30th, you can get a new card for free.

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Amanda Jones found a death threat in her email on a Sunday morning, almost a month after she had spoken at a public library against censorship.

In July, Jones, who heads the board of the Louisiana Association for School Librarians, spoke up against censorship and book bans, specifically books about LGBTQ people and people of color, at her local public library in Livingston Parish, La. She endured dozens of Facebook posts and comments suggesting she was a pedophile, a groomer, and accusing her of pushing pornography on children.

But none of those messages from the local groups scared her as much as the death threat from a man in Texas, about four hours away from where she lived in Louisiana.

It was pretty explicit in the ways that he was going to kill me, Jones said. I was actually petrified.

The next day, Jones drove to the school where she works as a school librarian and as she was going to get out of her car, saw a man she didnt recognize walking around in the parking lot. She sat in her car for 10 minutes, afraid to leave. Eventually, she called her principal and asked him to check if he recognized the man. She only left her car when she found out it was a maintenance worker.

Now, Jones is pushing back, bringing suit against some of the Facebook groups where the harassment against her occurred. This week, a judge dismissed her case, but Jones vowed to appeal.

The librarians nightmare started on July 19, when Jones went to the meeting at the public library where she has been a member since 1983 to make her case against censorship of books dealing with LGBTQ themes and topics and books about people of color and racism, which have been common targets of book ban calls across the country.

A PEN America study about school book bans in the 2021-22 academic year said 41 percent of all bans are about books dealing with LGBTQ topics. Forty percent of the books banned have main or secondary characters of color, and 21 percent directly address race and racism.

Censoring and relocating books and displays is harmful to our community, but will be extremely harmful to our most vulnerableour children, she said at the meeting.

In her speech, Jones did not mention any specific titles but talked generally about censorship and book banning. She was among 20 or so people that spoke against book bans.

On July 21, a Facebook group called Citizens For a New Louisiana operated by defendant Michael Lunsford posted a picture of Jones with the caption Why is she fighting so hard to keep sexually erotic and pornographic materials in the kids section?

Lunsford said he was also at the meeting and made a public comment.

On the same day, another group called Bayou State of Mind, run by defendant Ryan Thames, posted a meme with Jones picture which said, After advocating teaching anal sex to 11-year-olds, I had to change my name on Facebook. Through the post, Thames revealed the full name Jones used on Facebook (which was not her legal name) and her school district.

After weeks of Facebook posts by the local groups against her, Jones said she is now harassed by people on Twitter and Facebook that dont even live in Louisiana. Her complaints to the sheriffs office against the Facebook groups amounted to nothing, but she said the police are working on extraditing the Texas man who sent her the death threat. The Livingston Parish Sheriffs office did not respond to requests for comment.

In a rare pushback against online defamation that some teachers and librarians have been subjected to since book ban efforts escalated, Jones filed a lawsuit against the Facebook groups Citizens For a New Louisiana and Bayou State of Mind, as well as Lunsford and Thames. She alleged that the groups have been defaming her for weeks online, saying they damaged her personal and professional reputation. Because of the groups, she said, shes received threats of violence and even the death threat. She sought damages, a restraining order against the defendants, and an injunction prohibiting them from posting about her online.

Its not just happening to me, its happened to tons of educators across the United States, she said. I do really encourage people when this happens to make sure they build their support system and weigh the pros and cons of speaking out. Sometimes in your communities and where you live, you have to do whats safest for you.

After the preliminary injunction hearing was rescheduled twice, the judge dismissed the lawsuit per the defendants request on Wednesday, saying that Jones was a limited public official because of her position with the librarians group and that the comments made against Jones were not defamatory and were just opinions. Jones said the verdict was disappointing, but she is planning to appeal.

The defendants said their argument was about the content of the books in the library and Jones had opened herself up to criticism because she decided to speak at the meeting.

Miss Jones decided she wanted to interject herself into this library board controversy, and shes trying to persuade everybody that her opinion is right, Thames attorney, Joseph Long, said. Well, when you do that, of course, youre going to get criticism and youre going to get support. And if you cant handle the criticism without having to file a lawsuit, you probably shouldnt get in the middle of the fray.

Jones also alleged in the lawsuit that she was called a groomer online, which means an adult who fosters a relationship with a minor, often with the intention of sexual abuse. The term has been coopted by the right to insult people advocating for LGBTQ issues. Long said Jones was called a groomer because she was advocating facts for young children.

And whether she was or whether she was not [a groomer]I mean, I dont think she wasbut one would argue if you advocate teaching sex to young children, that is a technique that groomers use to sexually abuse children, added Long, who said he did not make that allegation himself.

Long and Lunsford also said that the case was not about books containing references to LGBTQ characters or dealing with topics of sexuality.

It was just sexual content, whether its heterosexual or homosexual, it is not appropriate for 11- or 12-year-olds, Long said. That was a red herring early on, but that never came up in the hearing at all.

For his part, Lunsford said he never called Jones a pedophile or a groomer, or accused her of pushing sexually explicit content.

We simply asked questions of why is this material in the library? Why are these people fighting so hard to keep it in? he said.

He said he had also received threats to his life for speaking against Jones.

People on the fringe of both sides get a little carried away, he said. Its not appropriate, people shouldnt do it. Engage on the issue, whether this is appropriate for children or isnt it.

Citizens for a New Louisiana hasnt issued any book challenges relating to books about that lifestyle, Lunsford said, referring to the LGBTQ people. He said his organizations issue is focused on books such as the graphic novel, Lets Talk about It: The Teens Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human.

The explicit images in the graphic novel are inappropriate for children and thats what his organization objects to, he said.

But the stress of weeks of online harassment has caught up with Jones. The defendants have contacted her family members through social media, she said, and people have complained about her to both the Louisiana School Library Association, of which she is president, and to her school district.

She hasnt been able to focus at work and is suffering physical effects. Jones said starting in January, shes going to take a sabbatical from work for the spring semester. But Jones said even knowing what happened, she still would choose to speak up against censorship the way she did at that public meeting in July.

Why not me? Because somebodys got to do it, she said, Because these people, they dont stop. And Im just really sick of it.

Jones friend Kim Howell, who was the former president of the state school librarians association, said if this had happened to her, she wouldve left her job. She said she admired Jones for standing up to the defendants and fighting against censorship.

Howell and her colleagues at the association have been a major support system for Jones throughout this experience, Jones said, from financially contributing to the GoFundMe that allowed her to hire the attorney to offering emotional support.

It was just devastating to watch my friend be attacked personally and these lies told about her, Howell said. Amandas got moxie. Shes making a difference and Im 100 percent behind her.

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The Lompoc Public Library is part of a new free service, Connected California, helping community members find low-cost digital products and receive help navigating online from the comfort of home.

The California State Library, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of The American Rescue Plan Act, has launched this service that connects community members in need of computer or internet assistance with digital navigator experts who provide personalized assistance in English and Spanish.

The program is available to everyone in California.

Digital navigators, part of the Connected California program, are skilled California library workers. They help people find low-cost internet service and devices for the home, so these community members can get online and learn basic computer skills to navigate the internet.

A navigator will respond within 24 hours (Monday-Friday), and work with individuals one-on-one to discuss their needs and learn how the navigator can help.

Those looking to receive digital assistance through Connected California are asked to call 1-800-790-5319 or send a text message to 626-873-8390. Other options to connect with a digital navigator are to send an email to [emailprotected] or complete an online form at https://connectedca.org/.

Lompoc community members looking for additional assistance with the Connected California program locally may call Lompoc Library staff at 875-8775.

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Bud Werner Memorial Library is hosting a Banned Books Week event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22. From Howl to Now: Book Bans in the U.S. is a virtual discussion that will bring PEN America and Bay Area authors together to talk about the rise in book bans across the country, in particular the suppression of books that address issues of race, gender and sexuality.

Banned Books Week, typically held the last week of September, is an annual celebration of the freedom to read. It originally launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. The events theme this year is Books Unite us. Censorship divides us.

Participants in Bud Werners From Howl to Now virtual event can register for free at steamboatlibrary.org/events.

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At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a snake

At this library, instead of borrowing a book, you can dive into an interactive Virtual Reality installation and examine the birth of our planet, aided by a snake

I find myself in a desolate cave, my feet touching sand. As I take in the sunshine that pierces through a canopy above, I am caught off-guard by a writhing snake: Vasuki.

It invites me to follow. I do, only to find myself inside yet another cavern awash with a soft red glow, featuring Karnatakas Togalu Gombeyaata puppets suspended mid-air. I touch them and the puppets come to life, as drum beats fill the air.

I am in the Library of Shadows, I am told. But physically, I am at Chennais Goethe-Institut library, sporting a VR headset. This is just one of the worlds that make up The Infinite Library, an installation currently travelling through Goethe-Institut libraries across the country, introducing readers to South Indian puppetry, Polynesian navigation and European medieval alchemy.

The physical library is drenched in an unfamiliar green glow. And there are hints everywhere: QR codes, projections on walls and glass jars that house 3D-printed sculptures, illuminated from inside. It makes for a journey that thrives on abstraction but at the same time, tries to answer questions about human evolution.

The final VR experience, which lasts for 15 minutes, titled The Main Cavern, is an amalgamation of all these components, presenting the user with three choices on which library to open: Library of Shadows, Elements or Navigation. I choose the third, and find myself in a boat, bobbing with the gentle waves, as a dog keeps me company, and dolphins join me in a soothing ride that lasts till dusk.

The lit-up Goethe-Institut library in Chennai| Photo Credit: special arrangement

This world has been created by Mika Johnson, a filmmaker from the Czech Republic, who had brought Kafkas Metamorphosis as a VR experience to the Goethe-Institut in 2019.

The Infinite Library, which has been in the works for two years, started travelling in March. Its a sci-fi concept. What we are trying to do is imagine the future of libraries, the future of technologies we will interact with, says Mika.He believes that there will come a point where access to every individuals story is open, based on which, different realities will be simulated. The story that this library wants to tell you is about how you arrived here and it begins 4.5 billion years ago, he adds.

Mika says that the installation is partially influenced by a sci-fi story written by Jorge Juis Borges. Initially I was piecing together different libraries that existed in time to make people move through them. At the same time, I was reading about evolution. If you take away books, there are symbols and objects that we first interacted with, and those come from the caves. That was his starting point.

For Mika, a library is a sacred space that he enjoys reimagining as spaces where culture can be created, and not just imbibed. Which is why his favourite space is Oodi, in Helsinki, Finland, where 3D printers, VR spaces and video game rooms are seamless parts of the physical library.

Next stop is Pune, for the library that deftly uses the past as a gateway to the future.

The Infinite Library is at Goethe-Institut library, Nungambakkam till September 24 from 10am to 5 pm.

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IT WAS the fodder for many a local newspaper story: library book overdue by 20 years faces record fines. But no more.

Reading Library Service is planning to withdraw late fees to help encourage usage.

It is an extension of a suspension originally introduced in spring 2020, as the first covid lockdown meant people couldnt easily return books.

And to help fund the change in fees, the council will look to increase income elsewhere, such as its printing documents service, currently from 15p per page.

Reading Borough Council lead councillor for leisure and culture, Cllr Adele Barnett-Ward, said it was part of its measures to support families during the cost of living crisis.

Readings library service is a fantastic source of free books, ebooks, emagazines and audiobooks but we know that fear of incurring fines or unexpected costs puts some residents off using their local library, she said.

By removing fines we are sending a clear message that we want everyone to feel confident using their library, whether they are borrowing a book, joining in one of our social or activity sessions, or just want somewhere to sit and relax without having to spend money.

Over the last year, our libraries have seen around 200,000 visitors across the network, with 400,000 books and eBooks issued and around 2,000 home visits to people who are unable to leave their homes.

These are great results, but we are striving to build on these numbers, particularly in our quieter libraries

Removing the reservation fee will mean library users can read any book held by the service without having to worry about whether it is available on the shelves of their local library.

She said that while cuts to Local Authority funding have resulted in the closure of a fifth of the nations libraries since 2010, Reading has bucked the trend with its libraries remaining in situ.

We value the vital role they play in improving health outcomes, improving quality of life, and supporting improved education, wellbeing and skills, she said. I want to encourage everyone to visit their local library and see whats on offer, or to check out our online offering at http://www.reading.gov.uk/elibrary for a huge range of free eBooks, eMagazine, eAudio.

Our libraries belong to all of us and they are more important now than ever.

Green Councillor Rob White, leader of the main opposition group on Reading Borough Council, said: Greens support cutting library fines, they dont raise much money and they put people off coming into libraries.

We want more people to develop a love of reading and we think cutting fines will help with this.

This view was echoed by Liberal Democrat Cllr Anne Thompson, who said: I did a double-take when I first spotted the withdrawal of library fines on the agenda.

As a sometimes tardy returner of library books myself, I thought, surely this wont work. But after reading up on the proposal and discussing it with my Lib Dem colleagues, I changed my mind.

After all, weve not had library fines in Reading since the start of the pandemic and were still returning our books.

The figures show that fines made up 8% of income for Reading libraries in 2019-20, money which is now more than covered by other income streams. And its about much more than money. Its about encouraging people to use the libraries, especially children.

As the cost of living crisis bites, parents dont want to be worrying about their kids running up library fines. Many US libraries got rid of fines a few years ago and its had a really positive effect on engagement, with far more users coming through the doors.

So yes, Reading Lib Dems welcome this fascinating proposal.

The decision has been criticised by the Conservative group leader, Cllr Clarence Mitchell.

While we will always support maintaining, or even improving, the usage levels of our libraries, particularly for Readings more disadvantaged families especially in the internet age of such downloadable reading choice myself and my colleague on the Policy Committee, Cllr Simon Robinson, expressed our concerns about the effect of the removal of any sanction at all for those few people who may choose not to return books or other items, he said.

Library fines, while small in themselves, have for generations served as as both a gentle deterrent and a community-minded safeguard to ensure the safe and timely return of books and other materials for the good of all the other library users in Reading.

This decision, though, means the Council will now not be pursuing lost books at all. RBCs Labour administration claims that such fines put people off using our libraries, that the numbers involved are declining and are not worth pursuing.

But what is now to stop anyone simply taking books and never returning them without fear of any penalty?

We therefore abstained on the decision on principle, and sincerely hope that our fears over the potential for an eventual outflow of books do not come true.

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LITTLE ROCK -- A group of architects has been selected to jointly spearhead the upcoming remodeling of the Central Arkansas Library System's Main Library in downtown Little Rock.

Witsell Evans Rasco, Polk Stanley Wilcox and Mark Mann of Stocks Mann Architects will oversee the redesign.

According to a written report that Central Arkansas Library System Executive Director Nate Coulter prepared for a board meeting Thursday, a committee of staff, board members and library supporters from the community reviewed the qualifications of architects and made the selection.

"All of these architects were involved in one way or another with the original construction at Main [Library] in 1994-1996. Last week they met with some CALS staff to start considering the implications for library operations during an extensive remodel," Coulter wrote. "The most significant of the immediate tasks are hiring a contractor and determining which services will remain available at Main during the remodeling."

Lance Ivy, the library system's director of facilities and operations, said at the board meeting Thursday that the next big step is doing requests for qualifications for the contractors.

The planned redesign is a product of the library system's May 24 special election in Little Rock.

At that time, voters approved lowering and extending a capital-improvement property tax levy in Little Rock from 1.8 to 1.3 mills and refinancing bonds. Last year, Little Rock voters approved an equivalent increase to the library system's millage rate in the capital city that funds operations and maintenance, raising it from 3.3 to 3.8 mills.

With an expected $22 million drawn from the bond refinancing, in addition to the redesign of the Main Library, officials at the library system plan to purchase a bookmobile and make other upgrades.

Witsell Evans Rasco as well as Polk Stanley Wilcox recently conducted an initial architectural study from which library system board members were shown preliminary renderings in June of what the Main Library could look like post-remodeling.

Coulter wrote in his report that bond underwriters at the firm Crews & Associates believe the library system remains on track for a late-October sale of the bonds.

The remodeling work at the Main Library may take between 12-18 months once it begins, Coulter wrote, "depending on how much of the building is closed to the public while the work is done."

Coulter has said that the remodeling work might not begin until the middle of next year.

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In the annals of hype about things that dont yet exist, the metaverse has enjoyed an impressive rocketlike trajectory. Its so important to Mark Zuckerberg that he changed the name of his company to Meta. Other tech giants, including Microsoft and Nvidia, are also pivoting to the metaverse. But what is it? And do we even want one?

In the mid-20th century, metaverse was an obscure synonym for metapoetry, or poetry about poetry. The modern technological sense of the term was introduced in Neal Stephensons 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash. The people in this 21st-century dystopia would don virtual-reality goggles to access a realm that is part massive multiplayer videogame, part immersive internet: a digital city-planet in which all manner of entertainment and shady business dealings may be pursued. Mr. Stephensons readers have wanted to go to the metaverse ever since. John Carmack, the lead developer of the first-person-shooter game Doom, once said it was a moral imperative to build the metaverse. Instead we got Facebook.

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Pune: In good news for lovers of antiquity, the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) in Pune is offering online access to some very rare books housed in the institute. The institute is also transforming its online courses in languages, philosophy, science, arts, and medicine, among others, and will develop a mobile application for people who are interested in the courses.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate the initiative on Wednesday.

BORI has digitised 20,000 books and 14,000 ancient manuscripts out of the total 28,000 manuscripts till now from Sanskrit, Prakrit, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Devnagari, Kannada, etc. Ten thousand rare books, over 100 years old, and the digitised manuscripts will be available to the public on its official website.

Its noteworthy that this treasure will now be open to the public. People can access it in the library section of BORIs website. This online platform is a first of its kind experiment, said Bhupal Patwardhan, chairman of BORIs executive board. The institute has over 1.50 lakh books on various subjects.

Shailesh Kshirsagar, a researcher of history of Vedic science, has been studying Vedic mathematics over the last few years. He and a group of researchers often visit BORI to study and take notes from rare books and manuscripts on the subject.

Now we will have direct access online, which will help us study at any time and from anywhere, said Kshirsagar.

While some courses are free, others will come at a small fee.

Some of the institutes oldest rare books are from 1813. Apart from this, there is the first edition of the Rigveda Samhita, translated by philologist Max Muller, into German, he added.

We want to reach out to people across the globe who are interested in studying and researching our culture and its diversity. The courses run for around 100 hours. We had the content, which had to be edited curated and validated for the online platform, Patwardhan said.

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A tour of Brantfords former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School and interviews with five survivors from the institution are part of a virtual event offered Friday through Woodland Cultural Centre and Welland Public Library.

The cultural centre offers a variety of tours, education programs and workshops that allow visitors to learn about an assortment of topics covering the past, present and future of southern Ontarios First Nations peoples, the library said in a release.

The virtual tour of the former residential school in Brantford will give the history of the institution over its 140 years, and viewers will see rooms inside, including the girls and boys dormitories, the cafeteria and the laundry room.

Registration is required as space is limited, the library said. It asks people to register at their earliest convenience by calling 905-734-6210 or at wellandlibrary.ca.

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