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Join us Thursday, Sept. 23 when Thomas Bleha, author of Overtaken on the Information Superhighway, discusses how the United States - global Internet leader in 2000 - fell to the middle tier of advanced nations in just eight years, and suggests ways for the United States to rejoin the Internet leadership circle.
Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Bleha is a former Foreign Service Officer, and began work on this book after receiving the Abe Fellowship from the Japan Foundation?s Center for Global Partnership. He lives here in Arlington with his family.
- Happy 103rd Birthday Taro Yashima!
Wednesday, September 21 is the birthday of Japanese artist and children's author Taro Yashima. Taro Yashima learned to appreciate art from an early age. Born in Kagoshima, Japan, his father collected artwork and encouraged his son to study at the...
- Free Grant Proposal Writing Program - June 15
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Central Library for a program on how to write a successful grant proposal to a foundation. Key components will include: How the proposal fits into the overall grantseeking processWhat to include in a standard...
- The Birth Of The Internet: In Arlington And At The Library
On Tuesday, May 17, the Arlington County Board honored the founders of ARPANet, which we now see as the beginning of the internet and the World Wide Web. As described on the County NewsRoom: These scientists [who are being honored] worked, at the time,...
- Author Talk: "inside A U.s. Embassy"
Join us Thursday, May 26 for a discussion with author Shawn Dorman on Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America, at Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Dorman will discuss - from personal experience - what kind of personnel work...
- The Arlington Years: A Shout Out For Innovation
The Arlington Years Thoughts from County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh A capacity crowd was treated Dec. 2 to an inspiring performance by Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, whose latest...
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Author Talk: "Overtaken on the Information Superhighway" by Thomas Bleha
Join us Thursday, Sept. 23 when Thomas Bleha, author of Overtaken on the Information Superhighway, discusses how the United States - global Internet leader in 2000 - fell to the middle tier of advanced nations in just eight years, and suggests ways for the United States to rejoin the Internet leadership circle.
Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Bleha is a former Foreign Service Officer, and began work on this book after receiving the Abe Fellowship from the Japan Foundation?s Center for Global Partnership. He lives here in Arlington with his family.
- Happy 103rd Birthday Taro Yashima!
Wednesday, September 21 is the birthday of Japanese artist and children's author Taro Yashima. Taro Yashima learned to appreciate art from an early age. Born in Kagoshima, Japan, his father collected artwork and encouraged his son to study at the...
- Free Grant Proposal Writing Program - June 15
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Central Library for a program on how to write a successful grant proposal to a foundation. Key components will include: How the proposal fits into the overall grantseeking processWhat to include in a standard...
- The Birth Of The Internet: In Arlington And At The Library
On Tuesday, May 17, the Arlington County Board honored the founders of ARPANet, which we now see as the beginning of the internet and the World Wide Web. As described on the County NewsRoom: These scientists [who are being honored] worked, at the time,...
- Author Talk: "inside A U.s. Embassy"
Join us Thursday, May 26 for a discussion with author Shawn Dorman on Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America, at Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Dorman will discuss - from personal experience - what kind of personnel work...
- The Arlington Years: A Shout Out For Innovation
The Arlington Years Thoughts from County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh A capacity crowd was treated Dec. 2 to an inspiring performance by Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, whose latest...