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Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your viewpoint), some of us don't have the opportunity to make this decision. Sometimes it's a building or district level mandate that one must follow. I know of a district that banned all but educational games when it became a PR problem because parents and community members didn't see playing games on the computers as a good use of equipment purchased with their tax dollars. Even if I had the ability to make this decision in my building, I wouldn't allow games on the library computers because they monopolize desktops and bandwidth for online games. The first year I was at this school, I spent a lot of time policing games, but now that students know the expectations (here and in the computer labs), I rarely see students attempting to play games. During that first year, I sometimes had three or four desktops taken up with playing the same online game together. To do this, students had to change the configuration to allow sharing with other machines which our district techs frown on. I assume because that makes it a security risk.... At any rate, my two cents are that we should avoid making absolutes in our messages to one another. My circumstances may be very different from yours. Being told that the way they handle things is wrong, wrong, wrong only serves to upset people unnecessarily..... Happy Friday, :) Julie Julie Anderson, Librarian Liberty High School, Renton, WA 425.837.4901 andersonj@issaquah.wednet.edu "Fiction is a lie about the truth." Jane Chambers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) 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.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=