Saturday, April 30, 2011

Should we allow porn in libraries?

That's the provacative title of this Salon article.

The best point was in the comments, by a librarian, unsurprisingly.
"My professional concern about filters is that they provide a false sense of security. They simply do not work and have never worked the way people think they should; legitimate sites get blocked as often as questionable sites are allowed. There are far more effective solutions to addressing the problem, including putting computers in public areas, limiting the amount of time people can spend on a computer in a day, creating a separate children's area where adults are only allowed if accompanied by a child...the list goes on. But relying on technology alone to solve what is ultimate a behavioral issue isn't going to work."

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