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Hi LM-NETTERS, This is my first time posting so here goes... Recently an elementary librarian in my district purchased books from a well known publisher that contain Internet sites as suggested resources. The set has a 1999 copyright date. A parent of a child that borrowed one of these books complained to the librarian that when she went to one of the Internet sites given, there were pornographic ads on the site. She felt that the librarian should have researched the sites before the book went out. This was the first student to borrow the book. When I went to the site in question there were three very prominent ads at the top of the web page and they were definitely ADULT material! This is a problem that neither of us had even thought of before. BTW, the librarian who purchased the books has no Internet access. The publisher will be notified of course but should the books be returned? We don't see how anyone can be expected to preview all the web sites that are becoming a regular part of many book and magazine resource lists. Shouldn't the parent of this child have previewed the site before letting her child see it? Our principals are understandably concerned and have suggested that we don't put out any books with URL's in them until this is resolved! We're hoping that the collective wisdom of this group will come up with some suggestions for this situation. TIA. CJ Tierney/Library Media Specialist Burr Intermediate School/Burr Rd Commack, NY 11725 commlib@villagenet.com ctierne1@optonline.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=