Wednesday, November 13, 2002

CIPA heads to the Supreme Court: - "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide i .... - "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide if public libraries can be forced to install software blocking sexually explicit Web sites." "Congress has struggled to find ways to protect children from Internet pornography without infringing on free speech rights for Web site operators." "Lawmakers have passed three laws since 1996, but the Supreme Court struck down the first and blocked the second from taking effect." (from CNN) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] For more information on the developments on this case, see ALA's announcement.  Wired also has a new article on the case. 2:33:31 PM

Congrats to LSTA recipients: Congrats to all the LSTA grant recipients!  CLS member libraries that will be receiving LSTA grants via the Illinois State Library include Center for the Study of Ethics for the Chicago Area Solo Librarians (CASL) project, Newberry Library for planning for retrospective conversion, and the University of Illinois at Chicago for its My Chicago Library portal project. 2:26:56 PM

White House Conference on School Libraries: "The White House Conference on School Libraries talks are available. get_comment_link(84473845) Add a comment [Catalogablog]" Published by Teacher Librarian as a special supplement. 2:20:26 PM

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