[OPLINTECH] Chat Blocking?

[Mann, James H.]

As always I agree with Jim K, but having said that, the reality (and
this comes from Xenia where we invented importuning) is that chat can be
dangerous.
Jim K writes:
<I feel that the only reason that you should ever need to block anything
on your network is if it poses a potential risk to your network, aka
virus, home page hijacking, etc.>
There are other types of dangers. Here's an interesting exercise: go to
Yahoo and create an ID with a teenage profile, go to Yahoo games and
pick a a game and then a game room, sit back and count the number of
seconds it takes for your ID to get importuned.

Jim K also writes:
<Staff need to be better trained on how to cope and to deal with such
patrons and situations.>
Sorry, IMHO it ain't gonna happen. If you don't believe me Google
librarians and Meyers-Briggs. The most common "filtering" email I get
reads something like this "the patron on #2 was looking at naked sheep
for his whole 2 hours. Can you check the logs and block the sites he was
looking at?"

Just my 2 cents....

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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