Librarians Named to NAS Panel on Internet Pornography

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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 9, Number 61
July 3, 2000

In this issue:
Two Librarians Named to NAS Panel on Protecting Kids From Pornography on
the Internet

Nicholas J. Belkin, Professor at Rutgers University's School of Library
and Information Science, and Marilyn Mason, former Director of the
Cleveland Public Library and the Atlanta Public Library, were appointed to
the prestigious National Academy of Science Panel on Tools and Strategies
for Protecting Kids From Pornography on the Internet.

The Panel, which originated in a Congressional mandate under the
Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998, will spend 18
months examining and objectively reporting on the various methods available
to protect children from pornography and sexual predators on the Internet.
The panel's final report will also include an explication of how "packages"
of technological tools and non-technological strategies may be used
together to "enable local approaches" for guarding children against
inappropriate Internet content.

The report will not make specific policy or legislative recommendations,
but rather aims to "promote a more reasoned consideration" of both public
policy options and locally implementable controls. The panel is comprised
of an eclectic group of educators, media and technology experts, and
leaders in the not-for-profit world.

Librarian and Professor Nicholas Belkin has a professional interest in the
nature of information-seeking and problem solving, and the ways technology
and computers lead to effective problem management. Marilyn Mason managed
two major urban library systems and was Director of the 1978 White House
Conference on Library and Information Services. She currently serves on the
board of trustees of the Council on Library and Information Resources, and
has a professional interest in the integration of print and electronic
information.

For a full description of the project and a complete, biographical list of
panel members, see the NAS Web site:
www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/ProjectScopeDisplay/CSTB-L-99-05A?OpenDocument.

Meg Schimmels
Campus Support
Library Media Services
Wichita (KS) Public Schools
mschimmels@kscable.com

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