Re: TARGET:INTERNET

[Kim Vawter <kvawter@ESU3.ESU3.K12.NE.US>]

Quoting from "Web of Lies" editorial Amiga Computing, US version issue 5
"There is no one to the censor the free expression of opinion on the the
Web, but there's also no-one to weed out the sites where the content's so
weak it doesn't merit the expense of a visit on your phone bill." I
believe that it is still our job not to censor but to SELECT the best
information for our students as we have always done in the past
irregardless of the media-type.

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Betty Louise Copeland wrote:

> I have wondered about ths matter also.  I am not required to search the
> Internet, although of course I will do searches for those things that we
> do not have access to in our small library.  However, I hope the
> mentality does not get to the level of "since we're not classroom
> teachers", and of course all we do is "read all the books in the
> library", whether it will be assumed that we can do the research for our
> students, much like calling up the local reference desk at a university
> library for particular answers, and much like we use this listserve
> for--can someone else find it for us?
>
> Betty Copeland
> St. Michael's Academy
> Austin, Texas
> bcope@tenet.edu
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Deb OBrien wrote:
>
> > I just read an article in American Libraries, Nov.1995 by Carla List.
> > Though written from the public library perspective, it made me wonder.
> > Ms. List stated "Many librarians are being asked to learn to use the Net
> > skillfully without a concommitant reduction of other responsibilities."
> > As a high school librarian, I use the internet regularly as another
> > library resource. However, I am not required to do so.  Are there
> > school librarians out there for whom this is a job requirement?
> >  How does anyone feel about this issue?
> >
>