A Missouri state senator introduced a bill February 17 that would require public libraries offering their patrons Internet access to install filters in order to be eligible for state funding. Youth Tries to Hack into NASA with Library Computer A freshman at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, was arrested February 1 for attempting to break into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration system using a school library computer. He had already been under investigation for hacking into Clemson University's computer system in October and causing thousands of dollars of damage. Police had seized the unnamed youth's home computer equipment on January 20, so he logged on to the Internet at the school library six days later. Internet access in Fairfax County schools is basically unfettered, district spokesman Paul Regnier told the February 12 Washington Post.
Kids can come into the library and get on the Internet.
It's pretty open. Appearing on behalf of ALA, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association, Wand testified that the Library of Congress' digital initiatives demonstrate the enormous value of and demand for providing public access to the growing body of online resources. Kessler stressed the importance of access to government materials through the Federal Depository Library system to the citizens of his state and across the country. Public Library for the past 22 years, has been missing since February 16 when she left the library for an afternoon appointment. According to the February 19 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Corbett called her husband to say she would leave their car parked in the lot of the store where he worked, which she did.