Fun with Filtering

For all you filtering fans (or anti-fans), check out this article: From 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 came [...]

Filtering Day at my Library

 
Wow - it’s been quite the filtering day here at the library. I had a question directed to me about filtering… I ended up talking to a Missouri Probation and Parole Officer about what we filter and how websites that are filtered behave.

We discussed risque images, pop-up windows, and just what happens when a library [...]

Filtering at the library - how it’s going

Update: Skagirlie posted a comment - she says “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.”
That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Her site [...]