A useful book on this topic is the 'Internet Policy Handbook for
Libraries' by Mark Smith. It is published by Neal-Schuman and it's
ISBN is 1-55570-345-3.
The book talks you through the whole process of writing a policy and
the things that you need to think about - it covers both public and
academic library issues though probably the focus is more on public
libraries. The book starts by discussing why you must have a policy
and how it links to the library mission. The rest of the book is a
more practical exploration of issues like where to physically place
your terminals, how to define acceptable use, how to define
unacceptable use, issues surrounding filtering, guided use, web
publishing policies (for when you host web pages for your users) and
what to do after you've written your policy - in other words
implementing it and making sure it remains current.
Although the book is specifically written for an American audience
(lots of First Amendment stuff) it still seemed very useful to me.
One quibble though is its cost - we got it through the Internet
Bookshop and even with a discount it still cost about 40.
Sarah Ormes
Public Library Networking Research Officer
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
Visit 'Stories from the Web' at http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/stories/
Tel. 01225 826711
Fax. 01225 826838
-----Original Message-----
From: Alison Lovelock <[log in to unmask]>
To: Chris Moore <[log in to unmask]>;
[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; 'Debby
WALE' <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 19 July 1999 11:13
Subject: Re: Public Internet Access: Guidelines/Policy
>take a look at the SPIN web site (www.spin.org.uk) - there is a
sample
>public access policy and guidelines up there provided by one of our
>members....
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Moore <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>;
'Debby WALE'
><[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 17 July 1999 00:56
>Subject: RE: Public Internet Access: Guidelines/Policy
>
>
>>Debby
>>
>>The work of the EARL Networked Services Policy Task Group will
almost
>certainly be valuable to you here. This is a group of UK public
librarians
>who have been brought together by EARL (in conjuction with the LA
and UKOLN)
>to lead discussion and debate on Networked Services Policy.
>>
>>On the "Local Approaches" area of their website
>(http://www.earl.org.uk/taskgroups/policy/local.htm) you will find
exactly
>the sort of information you request - provided by authorities such
as
>Birmingham, Walsall, Norfolk, Suffolk, Merton, Brent and
Westminster (among
>others).
>>
>>The Task Group are also publishing issue papers on key areas which
you may
>find useful. The papers on "Censorship and Filtering" by Sarah
Ormes of
>UKOLN, and "Quality of Internet Resources" by Robert Harden, are
available
>on the website - as many people on this list are probably aware by
now :-)
>>
>>All the best
>>Chris
>>
>>----------
>>From: Debby WALE
>>Sent: 16 July 1999 18:47
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Public Internet Access: Guidelines/Policy
>>
>>
>>Do any public library authorities have published Internet access
policies?
>>If so, are any of you willing to send me a copy?
>>We are in the process of formulating such a policy for a pilot
open
>>learning/internet access project and it would be useful to see
what
>>guidelines other organisations have adopted.
>>Many thanks in advance,
>>
>>Debby Wale
>>London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
>>Sands End Library
>>The Community Centre
>>59-61 Broughton Road
>>Fulham London
>>SW6 2LA
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