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No MySpace, Facebook at Mishawaka Library

Via the South Bend Tribune and a bunch of folks who emailed me:

You can no longer use MySpace, Facebook or other “social networking sites” at Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library.

Fights, lewd language and cars being blocked in the parking lot by teenagers are among the problems Director Dave Eisen said have plagued the downtown library [...]

March 18th, 2008 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Social Software & Sites | 46 comments - (Comments are closed)

TTW Mailbox: An Aussie Librarian Responds to Maplewood

An Aussie Librarian writes:

I was dismayed to read your post ‘Lock the Doors’ regarding the library who have decided to close for part of the day, due to youth violence and inappropriate behaviour. I am glad that the community is taking a role to keep the library open. These types of problems with [...]

January 19th, 2007 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession | Comments are closed

Lock the Doors! Lock the Doors! (Updated)

I’m a tad dumb-founded over this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/nyregion/02library.html?ex=1168405200&en=954c51bc14b566e8&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Every afternoon at Maplewood Middle School’s final bell, dozens of students pour across Baker Street to the public library. Some study quietly. The Baker Street library in Maplewood, N.J., near a middle school, will soon close from 2:45 to 5 p.m. Others, library officials say, fight, urinate on [...]

January 2nd, 2007 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession | Comments are closed