On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:14:56PM -0600, Kathryn Hogg wrote:
> It could be that they don't have any books because no one has asked for them.
> A smaller library is also most likely to be the one that will install the
> cheapest software they can find that requires the least amount of maintenance.
> They didn't necessarily want to do this, they are being told to. And when people
> are told to do something, they don't necessarily put their whole heart
> into it.
This is an excellent point. It's my understanding that the American
Library Association (and at the least every librarian I know) is opposed
to the laws that would make filtering software mandatory. Librarians by
and large hate censorship -- look at Banned Books Week. :)
--
Aaron Malone ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
System Administrator "Some companies think of training as a
Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc. cost rather than an investment."
http://www.semo.net -- Paul Collins
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