[OPLINTECH] Filtering

[Mann, James H.]

See comments below
 
Jim Mann
Technology Coordinator
Greene County Public Library
Xenia Ohio 45385
(937) 376-2996 x210
mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us
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From: oplintech-admin at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-admin at oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Judy Goodrich
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:26 AM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] Filtering
 
Technology Coordinators:
	 
		We are in the process of setting up our filter software
		for public and I need some information from those
		 libraries that filter their internet computers:
		 
		1-Do you filter all your internet computers and only
turn
		off the filter when asked by the patron? 
		or do  have on the screen choosing
		filtered or unfiltered for adult patrons only??  
		 
		CIPA requires that you filter all Library computers. We
filter all computers including staff and catalogs. Children's computers
have no Internet access but do have a faux proxy set to 0.0.0.0
		 
		2-If yes, do you simply turn off the filter or do you
require
		 the patron to give you a reason why they want an
unfiltered
		computer??
		 
		CIPA does not require an adult over 17 to provide a
reason. Minors are required to be doing research. We do not ask for a
reason, only a picture ID
		 
		 
		3-How did you decide to choose what to filter and what
not
		to filter?  (We have a list of categories that our
vendor has
		asked us to mark off to Allow or Deny)
		 
		Our Board policy is to filter sex, chat, and games. CIPA
adds instant messaging and hacking.
		 
		 
		4-Anyone have filter policies to share?
		 
		 
		 
		 
		5-We plan to place our Internet Policy on the screen for
		patrons to read and accept or reject--does anyone have
		a shorter policy to share??   
		 How many of you do this?
		(I know our patrons will not read the entire policy but
must scroll 
		 
		We use a java script that pops up the policy and then
takes you to the reference database page.
		 
		 
		5-Any other information you want to send me to help us
out!!!
		 
		Thanks in advance,
		*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 
		Judith A. Goodrich, Director 
		Logan County District Library 
		220 N. Main Street 
		Bellefontaine OH 43311 
		Telephone: 937.599.4189 
		Facsimile: 937.599.5503 
		goodriju at oplin.org 
		www.loganco.lib.oh.us 
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