government shutdown meet libraries
For those of you trying to keep track of how libraries are being affected by this government shutdown: from the article , "The Government Shutdown and Libraries," by George M. Eberhart "Here’s a snapshot of how the library community is affected until the budget situation is resolved: The Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public, and its website is inaccessible, except for THOMAS , Congress.gov , and Cataloger’s Desktop . However, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine still offers access to LC and other agencies before their websites went dark. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is closed. All federally funded presidential libraries and all National Archives facilities are closed (except for the Federal Records Centers and the Federal Register). The Smithsonian and other federal museums and galleries are closed. Federal agencies are not engaging in social media, and federal workers are...