I can speak to your third option. We use WebSense to block categories, but
since the URLs are customizable, we can block what WebSense misses, and
unblock when it gets overzealous. Like the time it blocked all Yahoo! Mail
for a day in the "Sex" category.
If you're going to use a technological solution, use one you have some
control over.
Lynn Schlatter
Instructional Coordinator
Shreve Memorial Library
www.shreve-lib.org
-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Robin Boulton
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] managed collection of sites
Recently we had issues with a couple of kids accessing porn sites on
machines in the Youth Services Dept. (Ah, sweet innocent youth! :)) Our YS
Librarians decided that they wanted to go to a managed collection of URLs.
They identified about 1200 sites they want to include.
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3. Using WebSense to block categories. This option is available to us but
we spent a couple of hours looking at it yesterday and we are not happy
with the choices we would have to make - some categories we would have to
block are so broad as to exclude material we feel should be available.
As I said, I feel there may be no better solution than one of these three,
but if there is one I think it will be someone on this list that has it. I
would be grateful for suggestions, examples of how you might have dealt
with a similar situation, or anything you feel might be helpful.
TIA for your assistance,
Robin.
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Robin
Boulton
rboulton at linc.lib.il.us
IT
Manager (630)
584 0076 x 258
St. Charles Public Library District Cell: (630)
918 8738
St. Charles, IL 60174 FAX:
(630) 584 3448
http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us
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