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Library's clever answer to network filtering

November 1, 2007 1:38pm

Unfiltered access to the internet is an importatn service. Filters don't always discern between sites for breast cancer and porn sites.

A library serves the information seeking needs of the community, whether those needs are scholarly or recreational. Few people would suggest that popular fiction, John Grisham let's say, should be removed from the library for being too frivolous. Like printed materials, the internet runs the gamut from a vary useful information resource to a silly vacuous waste of time. However it is not the librarians place to judge a patron's request for for quality or validity. If libraries are to remain viable they have to give the community what it wants while at the same time maintaining traditional resources and services.

This type of sign is not elegant but it is effective. And Magic Shows, esp. when combined with a targeted type of programming, lets say kids story hour or teen reading, can be both entertaining and educational.

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