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Consider Library Internet Use Policy and Internet Filtering.
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Staff:
Department:
Susan Brown, Executive Director
Chapel Hill Public Library
Meeghan Rosen, Assistant Director
Overview: We are asking Council to authorize the Town Manager to revise the library's Internet Use Policy to install an internet filtering device to restrict the display of pornographic images on the library's computers. This change would allow the Town access to federal funding for technology to conduct core library business and meet strategic Digital Inclusion objectives.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council authorize the Town Manager to revise the library's Internet Use Policy and install an internet filtering device that restricts access to pornographic images on library-owned computers.
Attachments:
* Resolution
* Draft Staff Presentation
* Current Library Internet Use Policy
* Draft revised Library Internet Use Policy
* Children's Internet Protection Act
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE REVISION OF THE LIBRARY'S INTERNET USE POLICY AND THE INSTALLATION OF AN INTERNET PROTECTION DEVICE ON LIBRARY-OWNED COMPUTERS (2022-06-08/R-12)
WHEREAS, the Town values intellectual freedom and the free expression of ideas; and
WHEREAS, the Town also values digital inclusion, seeking to foster digital equity, provide access to technology, and build digital literacy skills so that all people may fully participate in our society, democracy, and economy; and
WHEREAS, the federal government provides eRate discounts, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) awards, Emergency Connectivity Funds, and other funding for libraries to purchase technology and advance digital inclusion; and
WHEREAS, these federal funds are restricted to libraries that comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act of 1999 (CIPA); and
WHEREAS, CIPA requires libraries to operate an internet protection measure that filters or blocks the display of pornographic images; and
WHEREAS...
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