filters/barcodes

[Karen G. Schneider]

In response to Jean Gordon's question, I have posed the library barcode
question to a half dozen vendors so far, and each time they have responded
that this would be easy to implement (regardless if we are talking about
keying in barcode numbers or swiping a card).  They've also said this about
warn-vs.-override, a feature that would warn about objectionable content
and then let the patron override.  The two could theoretically be combined
to authenticate overrides for authorized patrons.  


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Karen G. Schneider | kgs at bluehighways.com | schneider.karen at epamail.epa.gov
Director, US EPA Region 2 Library | Contractor, GCI | Opinions home-grown
The Internet Filter Assessment Project: http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/
Author, Forthcoming: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters (Neal Schuman,
1997)