From ALICE DuBOIS
at the New York Times – A nice
synopsis in of internet search techniques, tools and
tips. With advice from librarian, Ms. Osofsky, from the
NYPL.
\”People think with the Internet, you push a button and
get an answer,\” says Marcia Osofsky, a librarian at the
New York Public Library telephone reference desk.\”
Just the other day this article
here appeared about South Carolina ordering filters on library
computers. Guess what? The order said libraries had to
filter all BUT 10% of their computers. So now some library systems
have to take filters OFF of at least one computer to
comply with
the order.
JESSICA FLATHMANN from the Charlotte
Observer says:
\”Area public libraries are removing
pornography-blocking software from some of their Internet
computers because of a new state law.\” Full Story
APRIL SIMUN from The State newspaper writes:
\”The S.C. State Library board voted 5-0 Thursday to comply with a new state law requiring them to filter their own computers and to withhold money from local public libraries that don\’t filter.\” Full Story
And Annalee Newitz from the San Francisco Gate writes:
\”…many experts and activists say our current methods for regulating kids\’ access to the Internet, like blocking, are worse than useless.\” Full Story
MIKE HENDRICKS from the Kansas City Star reports that \”KC loves this idea\” of the city reading the same book at the same time.
\”My phone has been ringing off the hook from Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network members asking if and how we will be participating in this project,\” wrote Susan Burton, executive director of that group of 76 area library systems.
Full Story
Are comfy chairs an issue at your library?
Patti Brandt from the Bay City Times writes about the selection of chairs at the Bay County Library System:
\”Staff members there have been asking visitors for the last week or so to rate six different chairs on size, comfort and eye appeal…Thomas Birch, managing librarian of the Bay City Branch, said choosing a chair is a very subjective matter.\”
An editorial in the Seattle Times says:
\”Libraries are icons of our sense of community. They\’ve long been seen as safe havens where adults and children spend hours immersed in books, maps and videos.
Now they want to limit children. It\’s not that libraries don\’t want children.\”
It calls for more common sense and less rules.
Full Editorial
Katie Pesznecker of the Anchorage Daily News writes:
\”Two parents of Anchorage grade school students say the sexual health book \”It\’s Perfectly Normal\” is not perfectly normal reading for their children and want it off school library shelves.\”
The book got national praise for it\’s \”normal\” look at sex education. Full Story
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