[OPLINTECH] Internet Filtering & Networking.

[Roger O. Young]

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.

Roger O. Young
I T Coordinator
Washington County Public Library
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Maria Wilburn 
  To: oplintech at oplin.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:04 PM
  Subject: [OPLINTECH] Internet Filtering & Networking.


  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.  

  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.

  Any Help would be great. Please email me directly.

  Maria Wilburn-Technology Coordinator
  Carnegie Public Library
  740-335-2540
  wilburma at oplin.org
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