CIPA compliance needs much better TCO (Total Cost Of Ownership) analysis than we’ve seen to date. Some libraries have determined that compliance with CIPA–including convoluted responses to adult permissions issues–isn’t worth it, financially. It would be great for libraries to speak up (anonymously, if it suits their needs) and talk to others about what their […]
I’ve been working on a top-ten list about CIPA and filtering, trying to boil down the ten points I’d like to get across to librarians and stakeholders regardless of their status with respect to this issue. This is a bloggish draft; I welcome input and thoughts. Bookmark to:
I am pleased to announce that following unanimous vote by the California Library Association Executive Committee, CLA has a new award. The Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award honors Zoia Horn, “who in 1973 chose to serve time in jail rather than betray confidential patron information.” Bookmark to:
Since CIPA was upheld, I’ve been asked to write and present about filtering, to help libraries make choices. Finally, after a lot of thought, I’ve turned down all these requests, and it’s because I have to be true to myself, and continue speaking the truth as I know it. My best advice hasn’t changed in […]
From Politech: this past Sunday, the Chicago Sun Times reported that “Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble conducted a secret RFID trial involving Oklahoma consumers earlier this year. … Customers who purchased P&G’s Lipfinity brand lipstick at the Broken Arrow Wal-Mart store between late March and mid-July unknowingly left the store with live RFID tracking devices […]