Electronic Brown Wrappers

[Burt, David]

Jennifer Reiswig wrote:

>I was opposed to the idea of filtering for a while, but after
>I started looking at the global history files on our public
>Internet PCs, I'm starting to change my mind.
>(Thanks to this list for the hint on using about:global in Netscape.)
>Fully half the sites visited are totally recreational without question.

I was wondering when someone in a very specialized library was going to
say that!
Why in the world should a biomedical library feel obligated to use its
scarce resources to  provide recreational information?

The anti-filtering activists argue that one size of Internet access must
fit every library.
Who thinks that's fair?

My hunch is that the anti-filterers will oppose this too, since it might
set off a dreaded "slippery slope", and would make you into one of those
evil censors.  So I guess you'd better get used to your new mission(s) ;
>


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