Internet Safe Useage Policy
June 21, 2002
I know you've been bombarded with information--some of it contradictory--about
NCIPA compliance in light of the recent CIPA ruling. But this is
information that is really important to CLAN.
Since time is getting short to meet the June 30, 2002 deadline for having
an internet safe useage policy in place, I suggest that any library that
does not have such a policy and that wants CLAN
to receive your library's share of erate money for telecommunications
get a public hearing conducted before July 1 and prepare
such a policy. It can be a library board meeting, called for the
specific purpose of creating such a policy. You must post notice
of the meeting in a public place--like the bulletin board where you usually
put it, and one other government building--48 hours prior to the meeting.
You do not need to put in it the newspaper.
I hope all of you already have a policy in place. If not, please
consider doing so before the deadline.
Thank you.
Ginny Moses
Just as a reminder, the 6 questions to which the answer must be ''yes''
are:
_ My library board has held a publicly
noticed open meeting or
hearing to discuss the Internet use policies in place or
proposed.
__ My Internet use policies address "access
by minors to
inappropriate matter on the Internet and World Wide Web."
__ My Internet use policies address the
safety and security of
minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other
forms of direct electronic communications.
__ My Internet use policies address unauthorized
access,
including so-called "hacking" and other unlawful activities
by minors online.
__ My Internet use policies address unauthorized
disclosure,
use, and dissemination of personal identification information
regarding minors.
__ My Internet use policies address measures
designed to
restrict minors' access to materials harmful to minors.
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