[WEB4LIB] Fw: Re: Staff Web Sites

[Shirl Kennedy]

Geez...

Recently read Michael Schuyler's column, "Porn Alley: Now at Your Local
Library," in the November/December Computers in Libraries
(http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov99/schuyler.htm)

He talks about making filtered PCs available at all of his library system's
branches.

"We found one filtering program, Websense (http://www.websense.com), that
does not appear to have a political agenda (many apparently do-I'm sorry
there isn't room to discuss this in depth), and that allows us to filter out
porn, but nothing else. We've established, insofar as is possible, "islands
of refuge" in every branch where people can use the PCs with little fear
they may stumble on pornography accidentally or be bothered by someone next
to them who went there intentionally. Easy to find and well-marked, these
PCs are fully capable machines that simply stop the majority of pornography
from appearing. The database is updated early every morning. It doesn't
catch everything and stops a few sites it shouldn't, but technically that's
the best we can do today."

Guess we found one of those "few sites," eh?  John K., if he's reading
Web4Lib, will unduobtably be amused.

Shirl Kennedy (going back to Sopranos marathon on HBO)
Web Doyenne
City of Clearwater, FL
http://www.clearwater-fl.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Heriot" <heriot at olywa.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Fw: Re: Staff Web Sites


> You will all be intrigued and no doubt impressed to hear that John
> Kupersmith's site is blocked
> at my work place by WebSENSE as  "Sex 2"!!
>
> Jean Heriot
> Washington State Department of Transportation Library
> http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/hq/library/
>
> ----------
> > From: Heriot, Jean <HeriotJ at wsdot.wa.gov>
> > To: 'heriot at olywa.net'
> > Subject: RE: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 8:39 AM
> > > ----------
> > > From: Jean Heriot[SMTP:heriot at olywa.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 5:56 PM
> > > To: Jean Heriot
> > > Subject: Fw: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > >
> > > Site Lookup
> > >
> > >Please enter the full URL,
> > > including protocol (http://www.websense.com).
> > >
> > >Include your name and e-mail address to receive a response from
Websense
> > >if the URL you enter is not found in the Master Database.
> > >
> > > http://www.jkup.net/other.html
> > > is Categorized by WebSENSE as Sex 2
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Shirl Kennedy <skenned1 at tampabay.rr.com>
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> > > > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > > > Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 4:50 PM
> > > >
> > > > You'll find links to some examples at John Kupersmith's "The Other
> Home
> > > > Page:
> > > > Special-Purpose Entry Points for Library Web Sites"
> > > >
> > > > http://www.jkup.net/other.html
> > > >
> > > > Shirl Kennedy
> > > > Web Doyenne
> > > > City of Clearwater, FL
> > > > http://www.clearwater-fl.com
>
>
>