[WEB4LIB] RE: policy about links on websites

[Garwood, Steve]

Funny, first thing I thought of when I saw this post was - "Quit, Quit your
job now!"

LOL.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirl Kennedy [mailto:sdk at tampabay.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: policy about links on websites


<laugh>  Just went to hell and back over the same issue when I was Webmaster
for the City of Clearwater.  (Have since changed jobs; am now Web Guide
Manager for eCompany Now -- http://www.ecompany.com/)  At any rate, the
whole experience was so...uh, enlightening, that I wrote a column about it
for the November 2000 issue of Information Today.  If you have get your
hands on a copy, I think you'll find it helpful.  Sometimes, IT puts my
columns online full-text, but they didn't with this one.  Here's the nitty
gritty:

Internet Waves
Linking Policies for Public Web Sites
Shirley Kennedy explains why it's important to develop and post policies on
public Web sites to inform users about linking-and to avoid lawsuits. - Page
42

If you can't get your hands on the actual magazine, e-mail me privately and
I'll share.

Shirl Kennedy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Gillian Wiseman
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:09 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] policy about links on websites
>
>
> This may or may not be quite on topic, but I hope you all could help me
> find information on writing a policy for our City on what websites are
> to be linked to from the library's website.
>
> Specifically, we have been told that no Commercial links will be
> tolerated. This means no search engines, no kids game sites, no
> bookstores with reviews, not much of anything that isn't a .gov
>
> We are trying to accumulate policies and other information that would
> let us write an alternative policy statement allowing links for all the
> "library" reasons (education, quality of resource, unavailability in
> other formats, all of that).
>
> If anyone could send me a relevant policy, or give me some sources, I
> would appreciate the help. Of course, my deadline is January 1 or
> shortly thereafter.
>
> Gillian Wiseman
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Waco-McLennan County Library
> Waco, TX
>
>