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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have the Sonicwall appliance at Washington
County Public Library, and subscribe to their filtering solution as well.
The cost is about $1000 per year, I believe and well worth it. There is a
mechanism for turning off the filtering for a limited block of time (30
minutes). It automatically returns to filtering at the end of that time,
or if signed out earlier. A shortcut on the desktop lets staff easily
access the page to turn off filtering by typing in a password. I have had
no complaints from staff about this. Sometimes the filtering can be a bit
aggressive in blocking legitimate sites, but this is easily remedied through the
whitelist feature. We have been pretty well satisfied with it since we
implemented it last July.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roger O. Young</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I T Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Washington County Public Library</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=wilburma@oplin.org href="mailto:wilburma@oplin.org">Maria Wilburn</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oplintech@oplin.org
href="mailto:oplintech@oplin.org">oplintech@oplin.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OPLINTECH] Internet Filtering
& Networking.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm the technology coordinator for the Carnegie
Public Libraries in Fayette County. In response to the upcoming filtering
legislation we're looking into adding filtering to our network. We currently
have a NT network and a Sonicwall Firewall appliance. I was wondering
what filtering solutions other libraries are using successfully. My biggest
concern is the easy of use for my staff. The one big difficultly we see is
inconvenience of switching filtering off and on for "Adults" by request.
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<DIV>Also, our library is looking to upgrade our servers to a Windows 2000/03
systems. I'd like to know if there are any good network companies in the
Columbus/Dayton area that are familiar with Library networking needs, and
filtering.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any Help would be great. Please email me directly.</DIV>
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<DIV>Maria Wilburn-Technology Coordinator<BR>Carnegie Public
Library<BR>740-335-2540<BR><A
href="mailto:wilburma@oplin.org">wilburma@oplin.org</A></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>