What a shame that no one thought to notify our newspaper about this.<br>
Our calendar of events is the most complete one in the county. Tons of people read it and rely upon it. <br>
This sounds like a really unique and amazing project. Why did no
one involved in bringing it here think to let us know about it?<br>
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Hank Sims<br>
Editor<br>
North Coast Journal<br>
(707) 826-2000
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Hauser</b> <<a href="mailto:jhauser@pobox.com">jhauser@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
for any HUMLUG members not on the RTC mailing list, the Internet<br>Archive's bookmobile with 20,000 public domain books that you can<br>print & bind yourself is coming to Humboldt County this week!<br><br>more on the technology used:
<br><a href="http://www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile-in_it.php">http://www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile-in_it.php</a><br><br>here's the message from the RTC list:<br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Kitty Yancheff <
<a href="mailto:cmy1@humboldt.edu">cmy1@humboldt.edu</a>><br>Date: Sep 10, 2007 2:21 PM<br>Subject: [RTC List] TechSoup-Internet Archive Bookmobile<br>To: <a href="mailto:list@redwoodtech.org">list@redwoodtech.org</a><br>
<br><br>Hello All,<br>The Internet Archive Bookmobile will be showcasing at the Oysters and<br>Ale benefit for the Humboldt County Library on Friday, September 14,<br>2007 on Woodley Island, 5:30-9:30 p.m. The bookmobile will be on the
<br>Island and will also be stopping at the Main Library, Hoopa and Blue<br>Lake libraries. The entire Media Release follows:<br><br>TechSoup-Internet Archive Bookmobile Tour Celebrates Free Access to<br>Information for Everyone
<br>Free Books Printed on Demand at Humboldt County Library Branches and<br>Oysters& Ale Library Benefit on Woodley Island<br><br>For Immediate Release<br><br>WHAT<br>Why are two tech-focused nonprofits excited about low-tech books? Open
<br>and free access to literature and other writings has long been<br>considered essential to education and to the maintenance of an open<br>society. To that end, the Internet Archive Bookmobile<br>(<a href="http://www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile.php">
www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile.php</a>) is pairing up with nonprofit<br>TechSoup (<a href="http://www.techsoup.org">www.techsoup.org</a>) to celebrate the important role libraries<br>play in keeping information free and available to everyone; whether it
<br>is by offering free access to printed materials, or allowing patrons<br>access to the Internet using public computers.<br><br>On a two-week tour of Northern California, both organizations will<br>visit rural libraries across the state, offering free books to patrons
<br>and free technical advice to librarians.<br><br>WHO<br>- The Internet Archive is a nonprofit that is building an Internet<br>library of historical collections and books in the public domain and<br>offers permanent access to this information free of charge.
<br>- Sarah Washburn, representative of TechSoup and its MaintainIT<br>Project. The MaintainIT Project gathers and distributes stories around<br>how libraries are maintaining and supporting public computers. The<br>tips and techniques collected from libraries are spotlighted in free
<br>guides, called Cookbooks, in articles, and on the Web site<br><a href="http://maintainitproject.org">http://maintainitproject.org</a>.<br><br><br>WHEN and WHERE<br>- Thursday, September 13, 2-5p.m., Humboldt County Main Library
<br>- Friday, September 14, 10-11a.m. Hoopa Branch Library<br>- Friday, September 14, 12-5 p.m. Blue Lake Branch Library<br>- Friday, September 14, 6-9:30p.m. Woodley Island Marina –<br>Oysters & Ale Library Fundraiser
<br><br>Public Computers available for observation, pictures, interviews<br>Live printing, binding, and delivering of on-demand books<br><br><br>VISUALS<br>Unique Internet Archive Bookmobile vehicle; live printing, binding and
<br>delivering of on-demand books; patrons and staff gathering around the<br>Bookmobile at the library parking lot, observing the print process.<br><br><br>BACKGROUND<br>Fueled by the Internet Archive Bookmobile, TechSoup's MaintainIT
<br>Project will travel to rural libraries across Northern California from<br>September 1-15, 2007. At each stop, it will be gathering and sharing<br>stories to help librarians keep public computers running in their<br>communities. The Bookmobile will showcase its virtual collection of
<br>over 20,000 public domain books to library patrons and staff. The tour<br>will also promote the important work libraries do to keep information<br>free and available to everyone.<br><br>CONTACT<br>Sarah Washburn, TechSoup; 415-971-1737;
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