K–12 Digital Resource Libraries Continue to Engage Students Returning to In-Person Classes

As the name implies, digital resource libraries can provide a wide array of digital resources to students. While some schools stood up these sites in response to the pandemic to give students a central hub of resources for remote learning, others have been using them for much longer.
Karina Quilantán, a library media specialist for the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, took over her school’s online library web page about seven years ago. “I made it a point to include the library’s presence, but some of the things I did back then I don’t do now because technology moves so fast…

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Bloomberg:
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA’s 46.1%, NYC’s 47.6%, and Austin’s 62.7%  —  San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower opened almost five years ago as a monument to the region’s tech-driven economy …

Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA’s 46.1%, NYC’s 47.6%, and Austin’s 62.7% (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA’s 46.1%, NYC’s 47.6%, and Austin’s 62.7%  —  San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower opened almost five years ago as a monument to the region’s tech-driven economy …

Some public libraries in the US and Canada are using open-source software MUSICat to offer their own music streaming services and boost their local music scenes (Claire Woodcock/VICE)

Claire Woodcock / VICE:
Some public libraries in the US and Canada are using open-source software MUSICat to offer their own music streaming services and boost their local music scenes  —  It’s not Spotify, but some cities now host music platforms with their own local flavor.  —  Claire Woodcock

Apple’s supplier list shows 48 had manufacturing sites in the US as of September 2021, up from 25 in 2020; 30+ sites were in California, up from <10 in 2020 (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)

Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:
Apple’s supplier list shows 48 had manufacturing sites in the US as of September 2021, up from 25 in 2020; 30+ sites were in California, up from <10 in 2020  —  Partners of iPhone maker seek to stay nearby as pandemic makes travel to China difficult  —  U.S. Companies Are Reshoring Jobs From China at Record Levels

Checklist: Don’t Fall Victim to These Common Incident Response Mistakes

In the midst of a cybersecurity incident is not the time for K–12 IT leaders to discover their incident response plan has flaws. While having an IR plan is a positive first step for teams, they also need to ensure the plan will be effective when an attack occurs.
There is no single correct way to create an incident response plan, and the scope of these plans will vary by organization. However, there are common mistakes that all K–12 leaders should avoid.
Click the banner to explore incident response resources from the experts at CDW.

The European Central Bank says that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions” and is on the “road to irrelevance”, without citing any strong data points (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
The European Central Bank says that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions” and is on the “road to irrelevance”, without citing any strong data points  —  European Central Bank officials alleged on Wednesday that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions …