Filters/Cybersitter

[Julie James]

Wow. He un-lurks, and takes a strong stand. I'm impressed. Did you steal 
the ILL analogy from me or did you think that one up yourself?

:)
Julie
	who is THIS far from having a house under contract


On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Phil Meyer wrote:

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> On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Ronnie Morgan wrote:
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> > As for the censorship issue, I don't believe this is "censorship".  All
> > libraries have a collection development policy (if not, they should),
> > because a library can not obtain EVERY book and EVERY journal that is
> > available.  They have to pick out what is best for thier community, school,
> > etc...  Filter programs are nothing more than collection development tools.
> >  And if filter programs are unconstitutional, then collection development
> > policies are as well...
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> Wrong.  Using software to block internet sites is intrinsically different
> than traditional collection development.  Collection development assumes
> that resources are finite and that you start with nothing in your
> collection and work your way up.  Software blocking assumes that resources
> are not an issue and that you start with everything on the internet and
> work your way down.
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> Take a look at ILL.  Should a library refuse to ILL something "questionable" 
> for a patron?  The internet-blocking-is-the-same-as-collection-development 
> argument would mean you would have to refuse.
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