doesn't go up when you attend a seminar at the library a c.e.o. on wall street doesn't get a bonus check and the public library lobby in washington d.c. isn't exactly what you call a heavyweight in two thousand and twelve the american library association or the a l.a. spent one hundred seventy thousand dollars lobbying that actually sounds like a lot but it's not really it's just enough to rank the a.o.l.a. eight hundred eighteen and center for responsive politics list of top spenders on lobbying in washington d.c. and the l a l a's one hundred seventy thousand dollars spent on lobbying in two thousand and twelve is nothing compared to the chamber of commerce's more than ninety five million dollars spent on lobbying last year or blue cross blue shield sixteen million dollars lobbying tab or general electric's fifteen million dollars spent on lobbying public libraries just don't get much respect in this town and that might explain why with the fiscal cliff looming a given a few months we hear all about the devastating cuts to defense and health car

did i mention that last year we had 7.2 million visitor to our libraries? it's exciting to know that and it's the only larguishan library that did not suffer any reductions or cutbacks during the economic downturn. you provided that stable funding and thank you, again for all of your terrific support. with that i would like to call to the mic our great partner, the department of water and the folks that oversee the entire construction and management of the projects, mohammed. thank you [ applause ] >> thank you, and good morning everyone. are you as excited as i am? all right. let me just start by thanking the community for this long-awaited project. we went through several hoops. it's been ten years. we have gone through almost every commission. we went through the legal battle and you all stood with us and we're here today to break ground on this great library, big hand for all of those who put that effort in. [ applause ] this project is the 24th library that our agency has been involved in. we have renovated 16 libraries, and we have built 6 new ones. t

we don't have library cards. it's almost like cheers where everybody knows your name when you walk into the building. we are not necessarily the quietest library either because the circulation desk is located in the center of the and we are always seeing old friends as they come in. we actually predated the public library movement when the providence library company was formed. it was based on the benjamin franklin idea where the company's founding fathers actually had a company and they bought shares. they invested in that and use those pooled resources to purchase their books. the earlier organization also had done a similar thing so basically when we were organized we room a membership-based library so the members of that organization purchase shares and they made those available to their families and so forth. when the public library movement came into being that horse they were using resources from the community and public monies to support those libraries. membership libraries are still supported by members

kennedy presidential library and museum, and all of our library foundation collects, i thank you all for coming this evening. let me begin by acknowledging the generous underwriters of the kennedy library forum. lee sponsor, bank of america, raytheon, boston capital, global institute, the boston foundation, and our media partners, "the boston globe" and wbe are. tonight's forum is a very special one for those who work at the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. tonight's forum is a testimony to the hard work and dedication of government employees who work so hard to preserve the records of our nation's history, and in particular, those of president kennedy. the publication of listening in, -- "listening in: the secret white house recordings of john f. kennedy," which is now on sale in our museum store, would simply not been possible were it not for the incredible skills and talent and professionalism and dedication of our library staff. again, government employees. there is one person in particular that tom putnam and i would like to acknowledge, and that is more that is

. it's going to be 60% larger than the other library that sits over there. 60% larger. that means moremore media, wonderful technology, wi-fi access. if you envision this space and if you look that way you have a wonderful adult area. as you walk in from the mason street side, you have an amazing teen center for all the young adults. absolutely. yelling back here, [ applause ] . that was our deputy city librarian, what can we say? a wonderful space for children. this north beach library serves over 30,000 diverse residents and it's way overdue to have a state-of-the-art library. clean it's really a true partnership with our city departments and i want to thank our dpw folks and their team. mindy, lena, fantastic work in managing this project. [ applause ] and another superb partner in phil ginsburg, rec and park, thank you. [ applause ] this is going to be an amazing space that ties together the joe dimaggio park and you will hear more about that. it's wonderful to know that it really creates an amazing civic space for north beach and it wouldn't happen wouldn't fantastic support from

in the branch library improvement program of the 26 libraries, who got the last library after 10 damned years? bayview hunters point. those people should not trust you as far as you throw a rock. >> getting supervisors my name is andre -- i stay in district 6. i want to mention that next month is african-american hiv awareness month. i mentioned to a couple of members of the board; we will have a little function in the front of city hall, on the seventh, i think it starts at 4:30 and then we will march. and hopefully my supervisor will speak at it. i would be happy about that. on to serious note, a lot of things are going to be slung across his room, talking about the warriors. i am supportive of the warriors. i'm quite sure that a lot of the unions are in your pockets or in somebody's pocket because when they had the press thing with the mayor and his office i am quite sure that he five percent of the people standing up behind there were unions. everybody is not a union member. everybody does not have the knowledge of how to get into the union. a lot of people want jobs. i do want to g

-- in the past the library brairch library includement program has raised over 40 quadrillion and accident happened over 38 million and during that period under the sunshine ordinance reveals that they only attached 4.9 million for any purpose benefitling the public library even indirectly. now, the friends of the library are trying to claim that the required contemporary reporting is all wrong with know documents to back it up. the public library is cooperating with them because lack of accountability is what they get for their money the privatization that we have in the public library is a direct attack on democracy money is so powerful that lack of accountability is what it buys even when the money is pistollen. having me arrested does not solve societies problem please and the lies cost more than money. thank you. >> thank you next speaker. members of the board and supervisors ray hart. sprocket in san francisco and open government i have something on the overhead and i would like to have up while i read. this is from the citizens general obligation bond over site committee minutes of

to form a library for all individuals. they did that in order to share resources, and at that time the city was willing and they wanted to make that information available to all people. it existed in many places throughout the city. they purchased the materials from england and the collection had about 345 titles. there was a tragic event in the late 1700s where there was a fire on christmas eve and 345 titles they originally purchased were destroyed. we actually still have some of the founding collection. what is really interesting is that they have the foresight to make a market niche and so that they knew they were following the original collection so as you can see closely at the top, they made a notation in the original register. if we continue to try to replace the original volume as it becomes available. they were checking them out and tracking them early on. they ended up purchasing more books in different buildings throughout the city. later there was another organization called the providence athenaeum that forme

>> the library. one of the things, if you watch these, there is the story of the role woodward and bernstein played. the role the house played and the senate played. the prosecutors, his army of prosecutors. do not forget the role played by republicans in the nixon administration. he was one of them -- he was not alone. we would hear from a few more. >> here he is -- he was at the time? >> deputy attorney general of the united states. >> it was clear he was not going to carry out that order. he turned to me and said, what are you going to do? i told him -- i do not think it is close. what he is asking and apparently subsequently needed to do was fundamentally wrong. he said, you do not have any choice if you refuse to do it -- that means they will find somebody else to do it. if bork had not done it, anybody in the department could have done it. your responsibility was fairly clear -- i do not think he resigned lightly. you do have an obligation. there are lines over which you cannot cross. you have

we don't have library cards.ike cheers where everybody knows your name when we walked into the building. we are not necessarily a quietest library either because it is in the center of the space and as they come in we also predated the library movement. when the providence library company was formed was based on the benjamin franklin idea where the company founding fathers actually had a company and they bought shares and so we invest in that and use those resources to purchase their books. to the earlier organization, they had done a similar thing so basically we were organized and membership base library so the members of the organization purchased shares and then made them available to their families and so forth. when the public library movement came into being, then of course they were using their resources from the community and was published to support those libraries. membership libraries are still supported by members and so we consider ourselves coming from that tradition an independent member supported

library would have had. for example, neither the nixon private library or the project in washington had run a full scale or history program. so it was right for the doing. and as it became clear that a lot of folks wanted to participate, this grew to be a much bigger initiative than i imagined. >> what was the time frame? guest: i started it as soon as i started it in the job. i joined the national archives in october of 2006, even though i didn't formally become head of the library i ran the nixon project until the library transferred to the federal government in the summer of 2007. but i started this oral history with an interview of alexander haig at the end of 2006. and i did oral histories until i left in november of 2011. host: this hour has no rhyme or reason to it. the clips were chosen by mike holden who produces this program. and the objective is just to show the audience because we run a lot of these already a little bit and get you to explain it. before i start that, i want to show you some video

and i've spent pretty much my entire adult life in libraries, at the british library, the huntington and right next door here at the folger library where one of the board of governors and -- i love libraries, and it's a real honor to be here at the library of congress where i've done research as well. everybody on in this panel is an author, and everybody else on this panel is a lawyer. i am not a lawyer, so i'm a little out of my depth speaking about copyright and about the nuts and bolts of that. and i should also say that i've been witness to and more recently party to some of the various court cases that have come up about copyright and the protections that our founding fathers, as you noted, tried to secure for authors in their writing. and i'm increasingly feeling that these legal cases and the way they've been covered in the press have obscured some of the fundamental issues facing authors. and i've also felt that some of these concerns are either willfully ignored by librarians and judges and a culture that is intoxicated by that word we've heard a few times, it's almost orwe

library hours and staff have been cut due to reduced budget. >>> one type of library is seeing a growth a threat to replace your thomas is here to see if your neighborhood has one. >> books don't always bring people together. reading a book is usually a solitary activity. sharing a book, however, is a very different thing. it's something karen discovered when she jumped in on a growing trend, but she and many others are finding tonight's bay area proud. if your travels have taken you through san jose, you may have noticed a few new libraries popping up. those built with bond money, but also that one built in ron's garage. the one that sits atop daughter karen's fence. >> you put the harry potter books in there. >> it's called a little free library and karen's is far from the only one. part of a trend started in wisconsin a few years ago, there are now some 6,000 little free libraries around the world. more popping up in the bay area each week. and while each one is home made and therefore unique, the concept is what links them together. take a book, return a book. that's it. a library w

a library with no due dates, no late fees, and no closing hours. put hers up just a few weeks ago. she knew she had done the right thing after her first customer stopped by. a little neighbor boy. >> he put his dr. seuss back in and took another and left. i thought, oh, there was just -- it was so cool. >> reporter: karen has been amazed at just how much traffic her little library has gotten since then. >> it gets visited probably ten times a day. >> reporter: across town, elizabeth harold put her library up just a few months ago. she says it has proven a simple way to not just promote literacy but also build community. >> the community keeps it running. i really don't have to do anything. i decorate it for a holiday every once this a while. but it runs itself. >> reporter: a self-sustaining way to pay it forward. no payment needed. >> i think every day you want to try to do something good for somebody. make somebody's day better, you know. just do something nice for people. >> reporter: garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> i think we all need to s

there has been a shooting in the library -- for instance.as been a shooting in the library, people scatter. did someone walk toward his apartment complex, having nothing to do with this? all of that is possible. the early reporting, you have been watching it, you know as well as i do, some of the early reporting turns out to be wrong. but it is not like authorities are going to leave any stone unturned. ktrk has another interview now. listen... >> yeah. shot on the floor. >> shepard: it turns out, our station interviewed interviewedn as well. listen to kriv in houston. >> almost four years. >> shepard: what we are going to do is do our best -- there we go -- listen. >> shepard: so it goes. an active situation in houston, texas. we'll have continuing coverage. i want to let you know about another thing, benjamin netanyahu has been elected, his party in israel. the thinking was that it wouldn't be that close. well, it was. in fact, it was extremely close. and benjamin netanyahu has thanked the people of israel for voting for him. but there is

is the library close? >> the library is pretty close. the building next to us. >> okay. >> i know everything was happening so fast, amanda. do you remember how many shots you heard? >> five. five or six. >> five or six gunshots. >> yes, sir. >>> just about the top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin here. as we have been reporting for the last hour, a lockdown on campus at a college in harris county, texas. we're looking at pictures, massive police presence. we now know the atf and the fbi are assisting local law enforcement in tracking down what could be a multiple school shooter situation. according to this college official i spoke with moments ago, jed young, from lone star college here, the call came into police dispatch at 12:31 this afternoon. he told me the shooting happened between two individuals. didn't know if they were students, faculty or staff. we don't even know specifically where on this campus this happened. we have more information from him that two students were shot in the cross fire. he told me the danger has been mitiga

at the library of congress and many other libraries result in a book in the printed word. we are pleased to feature offers and their books that have a special relationship with the library of congress. in this case as you will learn, much of the work for beth taylor's book was done here at the library. we also helped sponsor project a books come a books that come out of long-term library of congress efforts. so we are very pleased to have you here. there is really a listing of future talks. everyone of our talks is supported, almost all of our talks are also supported by one of the custodial divisions of the library of congress. and in this case we're grateful to the manuscript division for being our cosponsor. today's noontime talk will be filmed both by c-span and by the library of congress. more than 200 of our talks are available on the library of congress website. so in a sense you can get a snapshot of current literature and writing in the united states, not only through the books and beyond talks on our website, but also through the national book festival programmin

library, and that the shooter actually fled into the library, and saragosa telling a local affiliateo victims and one of them happened to be the suspect. he says that he and somebody else actually grabbed the suspect, and helped him outside, by the way, was not arm at the time. he describes the person as a black male, about 5 feet or 5-9. helped him outside and that's when police told them to drop him, and that's when they handcuffed him right there. so, that's the story he's telling us, is that two people, he gave aid to in the admin building, the shooter then fled to the library and that's where he gave aid to the shooter, and aid to the other person. again, we still do not have the condition of anybody who was shot. we were hearing three. he accounted for two of them in his first person account of what happened there, but we just got off the phone with the authorities and they're telling us they're not confirming anything until their harris county authorities get on scene and can evaluate the situation to give us the proper information, but our first kind of eyewitness account com

made it through to the public library. they spend all the money on themselves and their own operations. it's like that united states navy guy who raised millions for veteran and is ended up giving them one%. this is an official government report. you should pay attention to it.. >> hello supervisors, my name is m o n e t i had the pleasure of sitting in on a meeting with barbara garcia last night. it was real good and i got to ask her a question because this is something that i am working on i'm not just bringing it up to the board of supervisors i'm actually acting on it as you know san francisco is a very harm reduction city which, is very good. i like that. and with me living in sr o in the harm reduction sr o, that have i guess a contract with the department of health, and one thing that i'm working on is making sure that hiv testing and s ti testing is conin those buildings that are being contracted with the department of healthed because, of one push-back would probably be is that a lot of the agencies that are worki

i work in a library. >> okay, all right. one of the things -- a school of the arts there, i saw their holiday concert one year, it was mind boggling, the music, and we're actually going to do it at the crowder center this year. we paid to have it in there. that's going to be spectacular. >> yes, ma'am, yes, sir, somebody. yep? hi. >> is the book middle school -- >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> bring the microphone down. >> a wimpy kids t-shirt on. >> why -- [inaudible] >> i'm not going -- let's not get into this because this is hard to imagine or believe, but not everybody in the room has actually read the book yet. [laughter] i don't want to give away stuff. are you going to be around at the book signing? >> yeah. >> okay. we'll talk about it privately. >> okay. [laughter] >> also -- also -- >> don't give away what happens in the book. okay. >> i'll have to strangle you. [laughter] not really. >> also, when did you first write your first book, and what was it? >> i wrote the first book -- i published it when i was 26, about te

is the library close? >> the library is pretty close. the building next to us. >> okay. >> and i know everything was happening so fast, amanda. do you remember how many shots you heard? >> five. five or six. >> five or six gunshots? >> yes, sir. >> and so, what do you do now? i know we are seeing that the campus is on lockdown. it just means that no one can go on to the campus but students are allowed to leave, letting students leave as they clear buildings. do you know anyone who's still there or other friends on campus you are trying to get in touch with? >> i was just trying to get in touch with a couple of my friends that i knew were still on the campus, but it's just terrible service and i can't get a hold of any of them. >> where are you right now, amanda? >> i'm off campus trying to walk to the parking lot where my car is. >> okay. could you describe for us what you're seeing out there right now? >> just a bunch of cop cars and students that look confused. >> student that is look confused, you said? >> yes. >> have you had a chanc

accept money from the friends of the library. you may remember that rights were violated on june 4th, 2009. you made a finding that she was guilty of official misconduct and made a reference to the mayor that the mayor should consider terminating her appointment on july 12th, 2011. you followed up with a direct request to the mayor, that he respond to you in some -- with some sort of explanation on september 24th, 2012. i followed that up with an immediate disclosure request to the mayor on december 3rd, requesting any documents reflecting any internal consideration or any possible -- any documents indicating a response to your follow-up letter. what i received was an email that a constituent of supervisor kim, named andrew adams, which he sent to jane kim on september 28th. that was the only thing that i received. what is significant is that mr. adams' contacted information was redacted in that response. nothing else. no indication at all that they intended, had considered any possible response to you or any consideration of a p

research at the library of congress and many other libraries result in a book of the printed word. we are pleased to feature authors and their books that have a special relationship with the library of congress. in this case, as you will learn, much of the work for beth taylor spoke was done at the library. we also help sponsor project books that come out of long-term library of congress at first. so we are very pleased to have you here. there is a listing of future talks. every one of our talks are supported, almost all of our talks are supported by one of the custodial divisions in the library of congress and in this case, we're grateful to the manuscript division for being our cosponsors. today's new time talk will be filmed both by c-span and by the library of congress. more than 200 of our talks are available on the library of congress' website, so in a sense you could get a snapshot of current literature and writing in the united states, not only through the books and beyond talks on her website, but also through national book festival programming. and since the book festival

we are very fond of the library, as you know. we made a movie about ronald reagan and i would like to recognize tonight kevin and his wife. he was the director of the film and kevin do such a great job in the movies that we have done together. so when we come back to the reagan library, you may wonder why we talk about an american legacy and calista has created an alliance to introduce for an eight year olds in american history. join me for a moment. we would like to show you part of president reagan's farewell address. this captures perfectly what we have in american legacy book to her. >> there is a great tradition of warnings and i have one that has been on my mind for some time. oddly enough, it starts with one of the things i'm proudest of in the past eight years. the resurgence of national pride that i call the new patriotism. his national feeling is good, but it won't count for much in it won't last unless it's grounded in knowledge. informed patriotism is what we want. are we doing a good enough job teaching our children

. >> gene robinson, do you work with public libraries? >> review. we like to be sure that we get brand-new books that are chosen by the administrators and teachers. that is our primary focus, but we absolutely have worked with corporate partners to supply school libraries with brand-new books and we've had multiple initiatives that focus on really replenishing libraries. as a matter of fact are right now in response to hurricane seeing the devastation, we've got a website we were working with partners to raise funds chewed purchase replacement for libraries in new york and new jersey area. >> carol rasco, had been moved into the e-book world at all? >> not in a big way yet. we've certainly been exploring it and we don't discourage it. many of the schools and children we serve malice have not had access to the piece of equipment, so we have been looking at how can we promote that because very frankly, in addition to wanting children to have books and get them engaged, we know what e-book is a great way to do that for many children. i above all do not

it is in washington -- not at the nixon library. we borrowed it. >> after all, 149 interviews -- a total of what? >> 300 hours. it is all public domain. >> why not writing a book about this? >> i was not doing it for that reason. >> but you could. anybody could get the papers and write a book. >> of course they could. i thought it was really important to create this archive. i wanted to show that you could use the power of government to create in this multimedia age, free video. and there is no hidden agenda other than the fact that i wanted to create it. i was not alone. i had real support in washington. that was my goal. the beauty of this is that i touch on all kinds of subjects. i will tell you, there were a couple of things i focused on. obviously watergate, but also domestic affairs. poorly understood, richard nixon's domestic affairs. i raised money. at a certain point the foundation did not want to pay for this anymore. a group of alumni work in domestic policy -- they helped me raise money. so i used money that i raised wit

. >>> finding love at the library. it's true, the event that lets you check out more than books. >>> and a fond farewell for why the hogettes are hanging up their snouts and dresses. >>> first the world is reacting to the doping confession by cyclist lance armstrong. after years of suspicions and denials, he admitted to oprah winfrey he did cheat in the tour de france and other races. tom sherwood has local reaction that rangeses from disappointment to i told you so. >> reporter: the bike shop action the admission wasn't that surprising. >> yeah, i think it's one of those things that just like was inevitable, it was a matter of when was it official. >> reporter: in a recorded interview with oprah winfrey, one of the world's most famous cyclists is said to have admitted years of cheating. what do you think about it? >> it's a bummer. i was a big advocate of him. he's one of the reasons why, you know -- one of the reasons why i became big in biking, is because of his story. >> reporter: sport media management consultant

and he has worked with the library of congress.e have over a period of time started to digitizable some of those manuscripts >> brown: and the manuscripts themselves, planning many centuries, right -- 13th to the 19th -- all kinds of subjects? who wrote them? tell us a little bit about the work. >> it's wonderful. there are skoal ors. ... they're scholars travelers, historians, all kinds of people who worked in timbuktu wrote those manuscripts. for example, there are manuscripts on botany and on the medicinal properties of plants which really are relevant even to this day. there are manuscripts on putting people on trial and the need for proof that the person has been a criminal. there are manuscripts on astronomy, not just the movement of stars but how the movement of stars relates to the culture, how it relates to the seasons. there are manuscripts on social conditions. for example, on the issue of inheritance. who inherits how. there are traditional laws. there are islamic laws. so there are also manuscripts on politics. you kno

i work in a library. >> okay, well.he school of the arts there, i saw their holiday concert was mind-boggling, the music and we are actually going to do it at the cravitt center this week. we paid to have it in there so that's going to be spectacular. yes, maam, sir, somebody. hi. >> the book middle school -- >> the bring the mic down to you. >> in the book middle school, the worst years of my life. [inaudible] >> lets not get into this because this is hard to imagine or believe that not everybody in the room has actually read the book yet. so i don't want to give away. if you are around at the book signing -- though we will talk about it privately. >> okay. also, -- >> but don't give away what happens in the book. i will have to come strangle you. [laughter] >> also, when did you first -- and what was it? >> the i wrote the first book and i published it when i was 26, about 10 years ago. i was very lucky. to get turned down by 31 publishers and then when edgar has the best person, figure it out. okay, thanks. ..

now to a library in newark new jersey more people are looking more at the walls lately and they aren't books artist kara walker has often stirred the pot with her frank depictions of race violence and desire throughout history walker calls this work the moral arc of history ideally bends toward justice but just as soon as not curves back around towards barbarism sadism and unrestrained chaos she says the twenty's and painting conjures up the horrors of the reconstruction and jim crow historical periods you can see there the klu klux klan in the background but it's what's in the foreground that's creating the controversy if you look closely you can see a white man forcing a black woman to perform oral sex on him it is this aspect of the r. word that generated controversy when the work was hung up at the newark public library back in november but the engine was on loan from a private collection less than a week later some of the employees from the library requested that the image be covered is provocative images hidden by a cloth walker an african-american herself has faced outrage in th

and he has worked with the library of congress.e have over a period of time started to digitizable some of those manuscripts >> brown: and the manuscripts themselves, planning many centuries, right -- 13th to the 19th -- all kinds of subjects? who wrote them? tell us a little bit about the work. >> it's wonderful. there are skoal ors. ... they're scholars, travelers, historians, all kinds of people who worked in timbuktu wrote those manuscripts. for example, there are manuscripts on botany and on the medicinal properties of plants which really are relevant even to this day. there are manuscripts on putting people on trial and the need for proof that the person has been a criminal. there are manuscripts on astronomy, not just the movement of stars but how the movement of stars relates to the culture, how it relates to the seasons. there are manuscripts on social conditions. for example, on the issue of inheritance. who inherits how. there are traditional laws. there are islamic laws. so there are also manuscripts on politics. you kn

[laughter] this is the reagan library, people. [laughter] make me sick. >> okay, so real quick, up on the balcony. >> hi. i and my young boys are big fans of yours. i have my 13 and 10-year-old watching you every day. >> oh, thanks. where are you? >> i'm up here. >> oh, hey, where. >> way up there. >> oh! [laughter] >> when i said i was coming to see you, they wanted to come too. they are big fans. >> so you put them in the closet? [laughter] i mean, that's perfectly fine, you're a terrible mother for coming here and leaving your kids alone. [laughter] chained. >> well, duct tape. >> that works. >> yes, believe me, they used it for many things. >> you know that's why they invented it. they can't call it kids' face tape. [laughter] >> no. >> you would have been in trouble. it's duct tape. >> i have five days. >> oh, congratulations. >> there's more uses for duct tape than you can imagine. anyway, my question is what can we do to start breaking this liberal grip on the term "racist"? >> you have to mock it. that is -- by the way, th