Cleveland Public Library is taking cost-saving measures to offset a decrease in state funding and tax revenue due to COVID-19. The $6 million cost reduction plan includes a hiring freeze, curtailing collections spending, and utilizing the Library’s unencumbered fund. Additionally, Cleveland Public Library submitted a SharedWork Ohio application to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on May 1….
Bryan Stevenson, the founding director of the Equal Justice Institute in Montgomery, Alabama shares his insights and lessons learned in 30 years on the front lines fighting injustice and inequality in the criminal justice system of the United States directly reflect on the current social movements protesting oppression, discrimination, and even death of far too many people of color at…
You are cordially invited to the Cleveland Public Library Innovation Open House! Mix and mingle with inventors, students, IP professionals, and small business entrepreneurs. Learn about the resources available for you at Cleveland Public Library as well as upcoming projects and programs. Take a tour of the Maker Space in TechCentral and check out the Patent and Trademark Resource Center….
Cleveland Public Library may be closed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but patrons can still connect with our staff. On Monday, April 20, the Library launched ASK CPL, which allows patrons to submit questions to a librarian or subject department manager 24 hours, 7 days a week. People can live chat with our staff Monday through Saturday from…
Important decisions that affect our lives are made every day. Increasingly, those decisions are made not by humans but by computers. In theory, this should lead to more fairness since everyone is judged by the same rules, and bias is eliminated. In reality, the algorithms that are used to make these decisions are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable…even when they’re wrong. …
Darieth Chisolm, #1 rated video podcaster and author of Hustle: Why NOW is the Time to Unleash Your Passions leads an interactive workshop designed to help participants break through fears and obstacles, chart a course for strategic action, increase visibility online and off, and monetize their message, their passion and their mission. Show up, stand up and stand out as…