Seattle libraries go low tech after cyberattack
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🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Many readers in the city are figuring out how to get their next book, as the Seattle Public Library responds to a cyberattack.
The disruption took out most digital library services, including e-book and audiobook loans, and wi-fi in the 27 library buildings around the city.
Seattle Now Producer Clare McGrane will explain the creative solutions the library is deploying, and how long this might last.
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| 0:26.5 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. Readers across |
| 0:32.9 | the city are trying to figure out how to get their next book as the Seattle Public Library responds to a cyber attack. |
| 0:39.7 | Honestly, I've been totally forlorn. |
| 0:42.4 | The disruption took out most digital library services, including e-book and audiobook loans and Wi-Fi in the 27 library buildings around the city. |
| 0:52.1 | Seattle Now reporter Claire McGrain will explain the creative solutions the |
| 0:55.8 | library is deploying and how long this might last. But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 1:06.9 | Medical experts in King County are gathering this morning for the county's fourth annual conference on substance use. |
| 1:13.4 | People are dying every day from fentanyl overdoses. |
| 1:16.9 | Experts will talk about treatment and recovery as well as ways to reach young people. |
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