Queens Public library under ransomware attack e-borrowing suspended

Re:Queens Public library under ransomware attack e-borrowing... by cattenwallen on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:33AM (#50440960)

NGL it is crazy to me to declare no one needs a library when a new hardcover book is at least $30. I would be out hundreds of dollars, probably over a thousand a year, if I had to buy new every time I wanted to read some book I heard of and maybe didn't even enjoy (the guilt-free "read 20% decide its not for me" is amazing).

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Re:Queens Public library under ransomware attack e-borrowing... by LtWorf on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:51AM (#50441194)

Basically most people do not read, and most people here have no social life.

Libraries are for reading and socialising, so many users here have a really really hard time to imagine that someone might have some benefit from them.

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Re:Queens Public library under ransomware attack e-borrowing... by cattenwallen on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:15AM (#50441574)

Yeah but even if I didn't read, I would want any kids I own/any kids someone else owns to be able to access books, and even middle grade hardcover chapter books can be $30. I can't imagine paying even $10 for every single big flippy book they give the toddlers, that's gotta be at least a hundred a week just for the luxury of reading to the child for bed.

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Re:Queens Public library under ransomware attack e-borrowing... by beej71 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:07AM (#50442315)

And that's far from all. Research, tool lending, children's activities, maker spaces, meetup spaces, study areas... My wife ran a sewing meetup at our library a few weeks ago; tons of people showed up with machines and made all kinds of stuff.

A good library is a focal point for a community.

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