Judy, For your research, Sarah Houghton-Jan recently did a filtering study for the San Jose Public Library (CA). She blogged about it at http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/02/sjpl-internet-f.html. The report is available at http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/sjpl/commission/agen0208_report.pdf; it compares three filtering packages - CyberPatrol, FilterGate, and WebSense. Sarah also has posted about a filtering video the Lewis & Clark Library System has released on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_mpf1Q9u1I), featuring a number of librarians discussing the topic. Also, you could probably write to Arro Smith at the School of Information, UT Austin, to ask if he could release any preliminary details about the filtering studies that he's been doing in conjunction with the OpenChoice project ( http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~choice/). His email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Ricklefs Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:57 AM To: Judy Duer; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ctls-l] Internet Filters?? Dale Ricklefs, Library Director Round Rock Public Library 216 E. Main Street, Round Rock, Texas 78664 512-218-7010; 218-7061 (fax); 669-1753 (cell); [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that our spam blocker blocks many emails, especially yahoo, gmail, and similar sites. You may get a "mailbox full" message. This means you have been blocked. Please call at one of the numbers above if you are having problems getting through. Thank you! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Duer Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ctls-l] Internet Filters?? Hello All! I have a patron coming in Thursday to discuss why we don't filter our public Internet computers. When I mentioned this to my boss, she asked if I knew how many libraries are filtering now. I'm still doing the research for the national level, but I thought I'd ask you all in order to get a feel for the libraries in our area. So: Does your library have filtered computers? Yes and no. Yes on children's. Yes on guest and any computer screen that faces out. No on the computer screens that face upward (under a glass desk top). No on the notebooks. On the notebooks, as they DO face out, if someone is looking at something that a patron complains about, staff will go to the person and remind them that what they are viewing can be seen by others. They'll either move to a more discrete location or get out of the site. Hopefully this is short enough that it won't be a hassle for you to respond (I hate filling out surveys myself!). Thanks! Judy Judy Duer Library Director Temple (TX) Public Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] 100 W. Adams Ave. Temple TX 76501 254 298-5707 254 298-5328 (fax)
