Allowing access to e-mail only
bboru at alumni.si.umich.edu
bboru at alumni.si.umich.edu
Mon Jul 13 20:59:24 EDT 1998
Regarding restricting employee access to the WWW, the central
consideration should be what kind of atmosphere one wishes to foster. The
all too common misconception that web access is an invitation to avoid
work, presupposes that employees are disposed to do so. It also assumes
that the potential work-related benefits offered by such access is
negligible. This, I think, would be especially incongruous among
librarians. Rather than take the adversarial (and patronizing) stance of
resticting access, better to offer it as an additional tool to be used by
employees with a shared sense of mission.
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Brian Sheppard
Ann Arbor, MI
E-mail: bboru at alumni.si.umich.edu
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