Medical Libraries And Internet Filtering

Internet Filtering: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of …

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/internet-filtering

Consequently, consistent with previous resolutions, the American Library Association cannot recommend filtering. 3 However the ALA recognizes that local libraries and schools are governed by local decision makers and local considerations and often must rely on …

Guidelines to Minimize the Negative Effects of Internet …

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/filtering/filtering_guidelines

Libraries and Intellectual Freedom | The First …

https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1125/libraries-and-intellectual-freedom

Public officials have the power to regulate library Internet use to protect minors from viewing inappropriate material, but doing so entails placing content-based restrictions on …

Internet Filters - National Coalition Against …

https://ncac.org/resource/internet-filters-2

Filters in Public Libraries. The 2001 Child Internet Protection Act requires all public libraries that receive …

Hannah Edlund* An analysis of American public …

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opis-2020-0005/pdf

Failures are not unheard of, even with today’s more sophisticated versions of Internet filters. Over-filtering of acceptable content, and under-filtering of that which is not, continues. …

Internet Filtering in Public Libraries - Berkman Klein …

https://cyber.harvard.edu/fallsem98/harnischfilter.pdf

view many sites concerning breast cancer. The library had installed an Internet filtering system on all of its computers. The filtering software, implemented to prohibit access to …

Filtering the Internet in American Public Libraries: Sliding …

https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/download/557/478

A program popular in public libraries is SurfWatch which claims over fifty library customers and is the best selling filter nationally. SurfWatch blocks over 25,000 sites in four …

Filter Schmilter: Libraries and Internet Filtering Software

https://www.webjunction.org/documents/webjunction/Filter_Schmilter_Libraries_and_Internet_Filtering_Software.html

It is a sad fact that a significant percentage of low-income people do not own computers and depend on libraries for some or all of their Internet access (Kranich, …

Filtering & Internet Policies In Florida County Libraries

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INTERNET POLICIES & FILTERING IN FLORIDA’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES Division of Library and Information Services April 14, 2021 . In March 2021, the Florida Department …

Library Guides: Intellectual Freedom: Internet Filtering

https://libraryguides.salisbury.edu/c.php?g=254720&p=1698742

What is Internet Filtering? Shortly after Internet access became common in U.S. libraries, the use of Internet filtering software began to increase. Internet filters …