Outfilter the filterers

[Millard Johnson]

Why can't we turn this argument around.  Instead of contributing our
effort to censor sites, we could contribute to selection.
We establish some criteria for what constitutes valid library
resources.  Things like objectivity, reliability, usefulness,
presentation quality, etc. -- all of the things that we would consider
in selecting a print resource for the library.  We might also rank
things as juvenile, research, etc.  And we would qualify professional
librarians to grant this distinction.  The distinguishing mark of these 
sites would be the library symbol - a figure with an open book.
We would invite all web sites to apply for this distinction by
sending Email with a URL to a qualified librarian.  Our effort is
then positive - we are selecting rather than censoring.  Any library
could then use or ignore the library quality subset or ignore it.
  Millard Johnson    INCOLSA