Alaska: Anchorage Library System Adopts ‘No Porn’ Policy After Debate
From the Alaska Dispatch News:
The Anchorage Public Library has changed its policy and formally banned the viewing of porn and other graphic content on public computers as part of a rewrite of internet use policies.
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The new policy capped a debate among library officials and advisers around intellectual freedom and the library’s reputation as a family-friendly place. Anchorage is the latest public library system in Alaska to adopt such a policy, with libraries in Wasilla, Juneau and elsewhere already explicitly barring porn or other sexually graphic images.
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The Anchorage Public Library long held a “hands-off” policy when it came to the computer habits of patrons.
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See Also: Anchorage Public Library Computer Use & Internet Policy (3 pages; PDF)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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