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#torontopubliclibrary

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Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc

In my inbox 😁 #nice

"All the best for a cozy holiday season from everyone at Toronto Public Library.

This beautiful scarf was crafted by Christine, a librarian who contributes her talents to the Keep Calm and Carry Yarn circle at Toronto Reference Library. We offer knit and crochet circles citywide, where crafters of all experience levels can bond over patterns, tips and friendship."

email.torontopubliclibrary.ca/

#librarydon#bookstodon#librarians
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DoomsdaysCW

#TorontoPublicLibrary Recovers from #Ransomware Attack

by Matt Enis
Jan 17, 2024

"The Toronto Public #Library (#TPL) is in the final stages of recovering from a ransomware attack on October 28, 2023 that shut down the library’s internal network, website, and public computers. Although TPL managed to keep all of its 100 branches open and host programs throughout the ordeal, patrons were unable to access their library accounts online or use the library’s computers for more than two months. And while TPL has also continued to manually check out print books and other physical materials, the library has been unable to process holds or check the materials back in when they are returned.

“'We’ve got 12 53-foot tractor trailers filled with returns—well over a million items,' Toronto’s City Librarian Vickery Bowles told LJ in early January. 'Ransomware is becoming so pervasive, and it’s affecting organizations dedicated to community well-being such as hospitals, schools, and libraries, of course. I really feel that #PublicSector organizations are becoming targets.”

"According to the '2023 Palo Alto Networks Canada Ransomware Barometer' report, which includes analysis of a survey of IT professionals conducted by Angus Reid Group, 35 percent of Canadian businesses with at least 100 employees were hit by ransomware attacks during the past year. Fifty-eight percent of those businesses needed more than a month to recover from an attack, while 24 percent took longer than four months. The report notes that cyber criminals appear to be targeting manufacturing businesses 'significantly more' than other types of Canadian businesses and institutions, but “today’s threat actors do not discriminate against specific industries.” In fact, the #BritishLibrary was hit with a separate ransomware attack on the same day as TPL last fall, the #LondonPublicLibrary in #Ontario was attacked in December, and the #TorontoZoo was attacked earlier this month.

“'In the case of #PublicLibraries, I think [#CyberAttacks] are particularly troublesome, because we’re dedicated to equality and access to information and intellectual freedom and openness to all,' Bowles said, adding that this attack has impacted people throughout the community, especially patrons who rely on TPL for access to public computers and other technology. 'I think this represents an attack on the very essence of civil society. That's what I think is really troubling about all this—when I hear about the impact this is having on people like students, #lowincome communities, youth, #jobseekers, [people] who don’t have any other resources other than what the library can offer. It’s just heartbreaking.'"

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Library JournalToronto Public Library Recovers from Ransomware AttackThe Toronto Public Library (TPL) is in the final stages of recovering from a ransomware attack on October 28, 2023 that shut down the library’s internal network, website, and public computers. Although TPL managed to keep all of its 100 branches open and host programs throughout the ordeal, patrons were unable to access their library accounts online or use the library’s computers for more than two months. And while TPL has also continued to manually check out print books and other physical materials, the library has been unable to process holds or check the materials back in when they are returned.
#TorontoLibrary
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Canadian Crone

@Polynomial_C And the #TorontoPublicLibrary removed it from their display, not b/c of pressure from B’nai B’rith but b/c as per Jen Sloane, Library Service Manager, “ The poem was removed from the display because it is not available in our collections”. Certainly not b/c Refaat Alareer,
renowned Palestinian writer, was a victim of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in December 2023. On 26 April 2024, his eldest daughter and his grandchild were killed by an Israeli airstrike.

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Anne Deschaine

By the by, if you think that librarians can only be those trained professionals employed by an institution, then believing that they will "save us" will remain an impossible paradox. Institutions are always gonna institution, no matter the principles or desires of their individual staff.

historians.social/@bookish/112

(h/t Leah Price @bookish )

MastodonLeah Price (@bookish@historians.social)Attached: 1 image Refaat Alareer, a timeline. 2023 (November 1): Refaat Alareer posts poem “If I must die” for his daughter Shaimaa. 2023 (December 7): Refaat Alareer killed by targeted Israeli airstrike 2024 (April 19): B’nai Brith asks #TorontoPublicLibrary to remove poem. TPL immediately complies. 2024 (April 26): Shaimaa killed. (+ her husband + their 2-month-old baby) #Gaza #censorship #Alareer #IfIMustDie
#libraries#TorontoPublicLibrary#censorship
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Ned Yeung

B'nai brith #Canada has now gotten the #torontopubliclibrary to ban the poem "If I Must Die" by deceased Palestinian poet, author, and professor of literature, Refaat Alareer.

Harper's reign of Islamophic racial-hatred was less than 10 years ago. Many Conservative Canadians still spout the same Arab-hatred, using slurs like "Towel Head" and freaking out over any kind of religious rights or freedoms granted to Muslims (like motorcycle helmet laws in #yeg.)

This racial hatred was bred in Israel.

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Canadian Crone

@ned @globalpilgrim @LALegault Exactly. And for those who don’t know, “If I Must Die" is a poem written by celebrated Palestinian poet, author & professor of literature, Refaat Alareer. It’s been translated into many languages & is a poem about a deceased father saying farewell to his son. Perhaps B'nai B'rith is uncomfortable with the fact that Professor Alareer was murdered by Israeli forces in Gaza.
#TorontoPublicLibrary Shame on you. This ban is unacceptable.

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