CNET Says Library Journal, reported this week that 43 percent of libraries had filtering software on their Internet-connected computers in 2001, a jump from just 31 percent a year earlier. The increase coincides with the passage of the Children\’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires federally funded schools and libraries to begin blocking Web material deemed inappropriate for minors or risk losing money.
On a separate note, the study said that Internet-related spending among libraries has nearly doubled in the past four years, to 4.2 percent of budgets from 2.2 percent in 1998.
LJ doesn\’t seem to have the report online.
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