A Message from Jud
"Merry Christmas to all BPL staff! Thanks so much for my beautiful cheese
cutting board! This year I decided to make my annual
gift-on-behalf-of-the-library to Wikipedia. It's a very worthy cause and
is moreover extremely valuable to our own public service."
From Wikipedia:
Dear Jud,
Thank you for donating to the
Wikimedia Foundation. You are wonderful!
It's easy to ignore our
fundraising banners, and I'm really glad you didn't. This is
how Wikipedia pays its bills --- people like you giving us money, so
we can keep the
site freely available for everyone around the world.
People tell me they donate to
Wikipedia because they find it useful, and they trust it
because even though it's not perfect, they know it's written for
them. Wikipedia isn't
meant to advance somebody's PR agenda or push a particular ideology,
or to persuade
you to believe something that's not true. We aim to tell the truth,
and we can do that
because of you. The fact that you fund the site keeps us independent
and able to
deliver what you need and want from Wikipedia. Exactly as it should
be.
You should know: your donation
isn't just covering your own costs. The average donor is
paying for his or her own use of Wikipedia, plus the costs of
hundreds of other
people. Your donation keeps Wikipedia available for an ambitious kid
in Bangalore
who's teaching herself computer programming. A middle-aged homemaker
in Vienna who's
just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. A novelist researching
1850s Britain.
A 10-year-old in San Salvador who's just discovered Carl Sagan.
On behalf of those people, and
the half-billion other readers of Wikipedia and its
sister sites and projects, I thank you for joining us in our effort
to make the sum of
all human knowledge available for everyone. Your donation makes the
world a better
place. Thank you.
Most people don't know
Wikipedia's run by a non-profit. Please consider sharing this
e-mail with a few of your friends to encourage them to donate too.
And if you're
interested, you should try adding some new information to Wikipedia.
If you see a typo
or other small mistake, please fix it, and if you find something
missing, please add
it. There are resources that can help you get
started.
Don't worry about making a mistake: that's normal when people first
start editing and
if it happens, other Wikipedians will be happy to fix it for you.
I appreciate your trust in us,
and I promise you we'll use your money well.
Thanks,
Sue
Sue
From Jeanne: Speaking for the Reference Staff, I'm thrilled to know that we're helping to keep a valuable resource like Wikipedia available not only for us for for all our patrons and even those far from us. Providing information is one of the most important functions we perform as a library, and Wikipedia helps us to carry out our mission. Thank you, Jud!
New Year's Eve
The library will be closed on Monday, Dec. 31.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy Birthday
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| Selena December 29 |
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