tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post2423617234033420488..comments2024-03-19T03:29:32.265-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: Library Director Extols Internet Filtering; Porn Should Be Excluded From Libraries; Dynamite Reading For Library Directors, Trustees and PatronsSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-636725566195377492009-07-09T11:04:37.902-04:002009-07-09T11:04:37.902-04:00See also this really outstanding article, although...See also this really outstanding article, although my reading of the case tells me this is <i>not</i> the first CIPA case as CIPA was not challenged:<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6669404.html" rel="nofollow">Washington Supreme Court Weighs Whether Library Can Refuse To Disable Internet Filter; First Legal Challenge to Application of CIPA; ALA Offers Support to Plaintiffs, But WLA Stays Neutral</a>," by <b>Norman Oder</b>, <i>Library Journal</i>, 7 July 2009.<br /><br />Further, the article confirms my assessment of the situation:<br /><br />"The conflict has placed NCRL director Dean Marney at odds with some in the leadership of the ALA and its sibling Freedom to Read Foundation, which, while not a party to the case, has helped supply witnesses for the plaintiffs."<br /><br />....<br /><br />"'Everybody wants to simplify, they want to paint us as these redneck conservatives,' Marney told <i>LJ</i>. 'We're saying it's complicated; you have to consider the rights of the staff.'" <br /><br />Consider the staff!! Not according to the ALA. What follows is a direct quote from the article. Pay special attention when the ALA president says the ALA's “mission is not ‘to support all libraries,’":<br /><br /><b>Clash with ALA</b><br /><br />Marney and ALA President Jim Rettig exchanged some frosty email earlier this year. Marney criticized the Freedom to Read Foundation’s Report to the Council at the 2009 Midwinter Meeting, calling its summary of the library’s policy “an unhelpful oversimplification.”<br /><br />“Although it was heartening to hear that the FTRF is not a participant in this lawsuit, previously they provided factual witnesses in the case,” Marney wrote, protesting that no one from the organization inquired of NCRL but instead “listened exclusively to NCRL’s paid adversaries.”<br /><br />“Moreover, it seems the FTRF has lost sight of the American Library Association’s essential purpose to support all libraries and their role in society,” he asserted.<br /><br />Rettig responded that “FTRF has advised libraries that CIPA was upheld by the United States Supreme Court only because the federal government took the position at the oral argument that CIPA requires disabling of filters upon request for adults. Without that guarantee there were insufficient votes for a majority upholding the statute. Thus, FTRF has cautioned libraries that failure to disable filters for adults upon request could subject libraries to as-applied challenges by patrons.”<br /><br />“FTRF serves to protect the First Amendment rights of libraries and their patrons,” Rettig wrote, noting that ALA’s “mission is not ‘to support all libraries,’ but instead ‘to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-66295685126046319662009-07-05T17:52:10.395-04:002009-07-05T17:52:10.395-04:00See also:
"Outstanding Defense of Library I...See also: <br /><br />"<a href="http://lisnews.org/outstanding_defense_library_internet_filters_dean_marney_ncrl_library_director" rel="nofollow">Outstanding Defense of Library Internet Filters by Dean Marney, NCRL Library Director</a>," by <b>SafeLibraries</b>, <i>LISNews</i>, 5 July 2009.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.com