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Direct linkSendze, Monique – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Securing public access workstations should be a significant part of any library's network and information-security strategy because of the sensitive information patrons enter on these workstations. As the IT manager for the Johnson County Library in Kansas City, Kan., this author is challenged to make sure that thousands of patrons get the access…
Descriptors: Workstations, Public Libraries, Library Services, Library Role
Mason, Marilyn Gell – American Libraries, 1997
Considers issues relating to children's access to information on the Internet in public libraries. Topics include censorship versus selection; First Amendment rights; the American Library Association's challenge to the Communications Decency Act; filtering software; and the role of the public library. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Childrens Libraries, Computer Software
Dequin, Henry C.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1986
Articles in this theme issue focus on young adults and genealogy, music videos, public access microcomputer software selection, literature for and about Black adolescents, library services to reluctant readers, booktalks, historical fiction, the role of young adult services librarians, and the need for adolescents to find their roots through…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Computer Software, Genealogy
Peer reviewedHoltze, Terri L.; Rader, Hannelore B. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2000
Focuses on intellectual freedom, discussing the role of libraries, the Berlin Wall and banned books as attempts to restrict intellectual freedom, and controversies surrounding filtering software. Contains an annotated bibliography of intellectual freedom resources, presented in five categories: general; government and legal issues; access and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship, Computer Software
Download full textWilliamson, Kirsty; Wright, Steve; Schauder, Don; Jenkins, Louise; Stillman, Larry – 2000
This study addressed, within the context of Australian public libraries, how people with disabilities can more easily share in the new world of instant information and communication offered by the Internet. Eight public libraries from Victoria and one from Wagga Wagga participated. The sample consisted of 85 adults with a variety of physical and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
McQuillan, Jeff – Indiana Media Journal, 1996
Assesses the impact of libraries on one measure of high school reading proficiency, the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Data on per pupil expenditures, computer software, teacher to student ratio, public library circulation, and books per student in the school library media center were analyzed from all 50 United States and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Expenditure per Student, Learning Resources Centers
Holtslander, Linda – 1993
This final performance report for the Loudoun County Public Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the major project objective: to create a non-threatening learning environment at the Transitional Housing Center (THC), a residential homeless shelter.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
