Stopped by Mishawaka Penn Harris Public Library to see for Myself

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leeleblanc says:

no kidding...huh...

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

The Shifted Librarian says:

luckily they don't have a social website, right? are they blocking worldcat and librarything?

that sign is going to look pretty silly in a year.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

I get it but I don't have to like it. I have to admit that a majority of our patrons head for these sties as well but with our queue software in place it's not as big of a problem. That and were a smaller group of libraries. Now if they all had Laptops ... Yeah that would work :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

mstephens7 says:

I asked about Flickr and access to blogs... those are not blocked. I should have asked about LibraryThing!

I just called: the lab person said the only two blocked are Facebook and MySpace. He was very nice.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

webchicken says:

Their sign is not very accurate, then. This still bums me out.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Zardok says:

I think it would be funny if someone photoshopped in a picture of someone using MySpace on that sign. (Would be tough to make it look good, though, because of the reflection ...)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

mstephens7 says:

This bums me out it's my hometown library... I grew up here!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

hblowers says:

It's so sad that ignorance prevails with these types of policy issues.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

nengard says:

What a shame :(
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

lightweaver says:

I hope they don't think that banning these sites is a long term solution -- I wonder how their decision, and all this public dialog, is going to affect their long-range goals. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I can only assume that they have already talked w/city officials about solutions for crowd control ($ for space/equipment/staff) and were probably told "no"...?

Dang, I wish we could do a library renovation/funding "reality show" to build them a ginormous computer lab w/more staff to make it all better. My hope is that where funding is bleak, fierce creativity can save the day. I wish them luck with finding a more inclusive solution to this challenge -- keep us posted!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jessamyn says:

Grawr grawr.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

davidking says:

They're not blocking facebook and myspace - they're blocking bands from sharing their new songs with patrons; authors from sharing book tour stops; indie movie makers from sharing thier short flicks; other Indiana libraries; and individuals.

And... they're being terribly selfish. They've put themselves first, and their patrons second.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

davidking says:

one other thought - how does this work with filtering/CIPA? With CIPA, you HAVE TO unblock sites at the patrons' request... ie., "I want to access/my friend's site/my favorite author's site/my mom's site... and you have it blocked." Would they THEN unblock it? And if not... could they be sued? Wowsa.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

siansleep says:

Boo...
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Litandmore says:

Yuck! What a sucky sign.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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