Comments on: Filtering at the library – how it’s going http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Lee King » Blog Archive » Fun with Filtering http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5828 David Lee King » Blog Archive » Fun with Filtering Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:54:20 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-5828 [...] Bess to Worse, at Slashdot. They claim that 30% of sites blocked by Bess are obvious errors. Wow. I checked this at my last library, and came up with 42% - that’s pretty bad (and pretty much matches what the article writer [...] [...] Bess to Worse, at Slashdot. They claim that 30% of sites blocked by Bess are obvious errors. Wow. I checked this at my last library, and came up with 42% – that’s pretty bad (and pretty much matches what the article writer [...]

]]> By: jiri http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-39 jiri Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-39 This is a excellent blog. Keep it going. This may be of interest to you I have a free <a HREF="http://www.datingshare.com" rel="nofollow">online dating</A> service. It pretty much covers <a HREF="http://www.datingshare.com" rel="nofollow">dating</A> stuff. I'll be sure to come back. This is a excellent blog. Keep it going.

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]]> By: jiri http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-24817 jiri Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-24817 This is a excellent blog. Keep it going. This may be of interest to you I have a free <a href="http://www.datingshare.com" rel="nofollow">online dating</a> service. It pretty much covers <a href="http://www.datingshare.com" rel="nofollow">dating</a> stuff. I'll be sure to come back. This is a excellent blog. Keep it going.

This may be of interest to you I have a free online dating service. It pretty much covers dating stuff.

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]]> By: Chris http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Chris Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-38 If only there were an easy way to find out how many sites that have been blocked but patrons have not asked to unblock actually should be unblocked. What percentage of blocked sites do patrons ask to unblock? All these questions come from my writing a blog post and part of it is about stats from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report that says that 50% of kids ages 8-18 have looked for health information online. I wonder how many kids have not found what they are looking for at the public library due to miscategorized sites, etc. Sorta a "if a tree fell in the woods" question, but as you seem tech-savvy and focused on whether the filtering is working, I thought I would ask. Keep up the interesting posts. If only there were an easy way to find out how many sites that have been blocked but patrons have not asked to unblock actually should be unblocked. What percentage of blocked sites do patrons ask to unblock?

All these questions come from my writing a blog post and part of it is about stats from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report that says that 50% of kids ages 8-18 have looked for health information online. I wonder how many kids have not found what they are looking for at the public library due to miscategorized sites, etc.

Sorta a “if a tree fell in the woods” question, but as you seem tech-savvy and focused on whether the filtering is working, I thought I would ask.

Keep up the interesting posts.

]]> By: Chris http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-24816 Chris Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-24816 If only there were an easy way to find out how many sites that have been blocked but patrons have not asked to unblock actually should be unblocked. What percentage of blocked sites do patrons ask to unblock? All these questions come from my writing a blog post and part of it is about stats from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report that says that 50% of kids ages 8-18 have looked for health information online. I wonder how many kids have not found what they are looking for at the public library due to miscategorized sites, etc. Sorta a "if a tree fell in the woods" question, but as you seem tech-savvy and focused on whether the filtering is working, I thought I would ask. Keep up the interesting posts. If only there were an easy way to find out how many sites that have been blocked but patrons have not asked to unblock actually should be unblocked. What percentage of blocked sites do patrons ask to unblock?

All these questions come from my writing a blog post and part of it is about stats from a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report that says that 50% of kids ages 8-18 have looked for health information online. I wonder how many kids have not found what they are looking for at the public library due to miscategorized sites, etc.

Sorta a “if a tree fell in the woods” question, but as you seem tech-savvy and focused on whether the filtering is working, I thought I would ask.

Keep up the interesting posts.

]]> By: David Burt http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-37 David Burt Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-37 Dave, I am the PR manager at Secure Computing (and a former librarian, but that's another story). I found your post using Technorati, and forwarded it to our web review team, who appreciated your feedback greatly. Sincerely, David Burt, PR Manager Secure Computing David_Burt@securecomputing.com Dave,

I am the PR manager at Secure Computing (and a former librarian, but that’s another story). I found your post using Technorati, and forwarded it to our web review team, who appreciated your feedback greatly.

Sincerely,
David Burt, PR Manager
Secure Computing
David_Burt@securecomputing.com

]]> By: David Burt http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-24815 David Burt Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-24815 Dave, I am the PR manager at Secure Computing (and a former librarian, but that's another story). I found your post using Technorati, and forwarded it to our web review team, who appreciated your feedback greatly. Sincerely, David Burt, PR Manager Secure Computing David_Burt@securecomputing.com Dave,

I am the PR manager at Secure Computing (and a former librarian, but that’s another story). I found your post using Technorati, and forwarded it to our web review team, who appreciated your feedback greatly.

Sincerely,
David Burt, PR Manager
Secure Computing
David_Burt@securecomputing.com

]]> By: skagirlie http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-36 skagirlie Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-36 Yeah, I like that my library blog is blocked at work just because the URL has "girlie" in it. Bess apparently doesn't like to look at meta tags, or it would know that it's a library blog, not a "girlie" site. Yeah, I like that my library blog is blocked at work just because the URL has “girlie” in it. Bess apparently doesn’t like to look at meta tags, or it would know that it’s a library blog, not a “girlie” site.

]]> By: skagirlie http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/comment-page-1/#comment-24814 skagirlie Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2005/02/16/filtering-at-the-library-how-its-going/#comment-24814 Yeah, I like that my library blog is blocked at work just because the URL has "girlie" in it. Bess apparently doesn't like to look at meta tags, or it would know that it's a library blog, not a "girlie" site. Yeah, I like that my library blog is blocked at work just because the URL has “girlie” in it. Bess apparently doesn’t like to look at meta tags, or it would know that it’s a library blog, not a “girlie” site.

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