perfidy

Upon discussions with Goodwife Two-Cents (who knows about such things), I find I was wrong about something yesterday (no!). While I was correct that public libraries generally do not receive operating money from the Federal Government, they do receive lots of Federal funding in the form of grants. That's how they buy computers. With library budgets slashed to the bone, libraries have two options to buy new computers for patron and administrative use: federal grant money, or Bill Gates' largesse. The first comes with strings attached, the other is rather rare. As a result, the Supreme Court's decision yesterday to uphold the CIPA will have an immediate, and unfortunate, effect on public libraries.