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The last thing I requested was success stories where people had very restrictive policies/filters and were able to achieve improved situations. I received six very heartening stories. They all had these things in common...people with the concerns, librarians, teachers, etc. met together and accumulated facts and examples. They then set up meetings (in one case I think it was all done via email, others were face to face meetings). Sometimes these meetings were just with tech people and some went all the way up to the superintendant. During the meetings they stated their cases and showed specifics. In the reported instances, this did bring about more reasonable policies. I do know that this is not always the case, but would like to share that sometimes it indeed does work. There was one other story offered by a person who does not want to be named. In this case the superintendent was the problem. The tech people worked with the librarians and teachers by setting up a special guest login that allowed access. As this person said, it was a little sneaky but at least it worked. I want to again thank everyone for sharing so much valuable information. If you did offer stories, your name and school were not named unless I contacted you personally for permission. Thanks again so much!--Mary Ann -- *************************** "Try curiosity!" Dorothy Parker *************************** Dr. Mary Ann Bell Assistant Professor School of Library Science Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX mbe11@earthlink.net lis_mah@shsu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------