Filtering (for kids)

[Gary Pattillo]

You might be interested in Yahooligans at http://www.yahooligans.com/

 It is a "searchable, browsable index of the Internet designed for Web
surfers ages 7 to 12."

P.S.  Add my voice to those who do not support any type of filtering in
libraries.    One's own mind is the best filter.  If one does not like it,
one may simply choose to not look at it.

Cheers,
Gary N. Pattillo
Electronic Services/Reference Librarian
CB# 3922, Davis Library
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27514-8890
pattillo at email.unc.edu                   Phone: 919-962-1151

On Thu, 3 Jul 1997  Karen Harker <harker at medcat.library.swmed.edu> wrote:


> From: Karen Harker <harker at medcat.library.swmed.edu>
> Subject: Filtering
> 
> I was wondering if the technology and resources existed for a
> link-compiler like Yahoo! aimed at children/youth.  I am thinking of a
> resource which has librarians looking at the sites, giving their judgment
> of the content, and being able to not include those sites with
> inappropriate material (i.e. material which is illegal to provide to
> children).  If such a search engine could be used to only search those
> sites (like Yahoo! does), and if a browser could be modified to not allow
> one to open a location (like Netscape's 'Open'), such a software could be
> made available to those children whose parents want to restrict their (the
> children's) access.  I am thinking primarily of such a system on a machine
> in the children's section or in school libraries.
> 
> While this does not provide a perfect solution, it would eliminate the
> broad blocking that keyword filters force, allowing children to get
> information on breast cancer, or AIDS.  The library could still provide
> unlimited access to adult clients, or children whose parents want their
> children to have free access.
> 
> I imagine such an animal exists somewhere.
> 
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