Re: Can of Worms

Isabel Danforth (danforth@tiac.net)
Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:36:52 -0400 

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:36:52 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19971008174427.00814100@sunspot.tiac.net>
From: Isabel  Danforth <danforth@tiac.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: Can of Worms


Um .. The YA presenter at NELA on Monday has a K-5 school system with
access in each room and the library,and has  no filters at all.  Her
comment was that filtering limits much of the usefulness of the internet.

This is a paraphrase.

Isabel


At 04:05 PM 10/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:44 PM 10/8/97 -0400, Sandy Brooks wrote:
>
>>Well, I'm not really answering your questions, but it seems to me what a
>lot of libraries 
>>are doing is having some unfiltered Internet access, and at least one
>filtered Internet 
>>station, usually in the children's area, if they are lucky enough to have
>more than one 
>>Internet workstation.  This seems a good middle road for now - you can
>offer both types 
>>of access depending on patron's preferences/needs, you can feel better
>about children 
>>having less chance of seeing something inappropriate, and you can hopefully
>avoid a 
>>lawsuit for either having only filtered or unfiltered access.  It neatly
>sidesteps a lot of 
>>issues that librarians still need to deal with, but it does allow libraries
>to get on with 
>>day-to-day functions and offer Internet access while some of these big
>philosophical 
>>questions get worked out.
>
>Yes, she's exactly right on this observation.
>
>Joe, I've written an article for October's _Connecticut Libraries_ on
>Library Internet Access and Kids.  I interviewed several children's
>librarians over the phone, and the above described middle-of-the-road
>position had been embraced by at least one.
>
>Made a lot of sense to me.
>
>Amy
> 
>>Sandy Brooks
>>Assistant Director
>>Eastern CT Libraries
>>106 Route 32
>>Franklin, CT 06254
>>sbrooks@ecl.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
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