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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:
But did you know that Arlington Public Library was also at the forefront of implementing the internet in Arlington County? In August of 1995, with the help of a LibraryLINK grant, we installed our first internet terminals at Central - becoming the 3rd public library in Virginia to offer free Internet. According to Navigating the Internet at Arlington Central Library (pdf):
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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, in Arlington, for ARPA -- the Advanced Research Projects Agency. ARPA later became DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Their work has had a profound effect on how we work and how we conduct our private lives.
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| Library staff demonstrated the Internet for Senator Robb, Rep. Moran and County Board Vice Chairwoman Ellen Bozman in 1995 |
Arlington was one of eight libraries chosen to receive grants from MCI in the first year of their LibraryLINK community initiative to bring the information superhighway to "Main Street, USA." Grant money was used to install two public and one reference Internet workstation at Central Library for one year.And in 1997, Arlington County's 'new and improved' website was launched (with explanation and help from Librarian Elizabeth Fry):
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County Board Chairman Jay Fisette with Library Director Diane Kresh For the second straight year, Arlington voters have chosen the Library as the "Best Place to Learn Something New" for the Arlington Best Business Awards (ABBIEs) . The competition...
- 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...
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