Updated: Nashville Public Library and Louisville Free Library Experience Outages Due to Christmas Day Explosion
Latest Update: December 28, 2020, 2pm Eastern Time
(Online Services Restored at LFPL)
Tennessee: Nashville Public Library
Curbside service and computer reservation at library locations remain unavailable today due to ongoing communication systems outages following Friday’s explosion in downtown Nashville. Stay tuned for updates!
— Nashville Public Library (@NowatNPL) December 28, 2020
Due to ongoing internet and phone outage, curbside service and public computer reservations are unavailable at library locations today.
— Nashville Public Library (@NowatNPL) December 27, 2020
Kentucky: Louisville Free Library
Online Services Restored at Louisville Free Library (via Courier-Journal)
December 28, 2020
UPDATE: Network service has been restored. Our website and digital services are up and running. Computer use by appointment service will resume on Monday. Thank you for your patience during this time.
— LFPL (@LFPL) December 27, 2020
Due to the explosion in Nashville yesterday affecting AT&T’s services, network services at the Library are down. At this time, https://t.co/qqJfYkh0oB and associated applications, computer services, and our phone lines are affected.
— LFPL (@LFPL) December 26, 2020
Due to the explosion in Nashville yesterday affecting AT&T’s services, network services at the Library are down. At this time, https://t.co/qqJfYkh0oB and associated applications, computer services, and our phone lines are affected.
— LFPL (@LFPL) December 26, 2020
Due to the explosion in Nashville yesterday affecting AT&T’s services, network services at the Library are down. At this time, https://t.co/qqJfYkh0oB and associated applications, computer services, and our phone lines are affected.
— LFPL (@LFPL) December 26, 2020
Our website https://t.co/0wCyLUt4Wd and associated applications are unavailable for the moment due to network issues. We are working with our vendor on this and hope to be up and running soon.
— LFPL (@LFPL) December 25, 2020
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.