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Filtering by public libraries increases to 65%
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posted by scubacuda
on Monday January 17, @11:54PM
from the dept.
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David Burt writes "The first survey numbers for public library compliance with the Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA) were just published in Library Journals Annual Budget Report, which surveyed 424 public libraries. Unfortunately, this isnt available on-line yet, but I got it through Lexis/Nexis. Here is the relevant excerpt:
As for the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which ties receipt of E-rate discounts to filtering the Internet, 59.5% of respondents said they complied. A slightly larger percentage (65%) said they filter at least some Internet terminals. It was predicted that smaller libraries might not choose to comply with CIPA, given the limited savings; also, it is believed people in smaller, close-knit communities are less likely to flout rules of acceptable Internet usage. Indeed, only 44% of the smallest libraries (serving fewer than 10,000 people) filter any terminals, while more than three-quarters of libraries serving more than 100,000 people filter. Of those responding, 62% apply for E-rate discounts. Some 85% of libraries serving more than 500,000 people apply for discounts.
Budget Report 2005, Library Journal, January 15, 2005
CIPA went into effect for public libraries in July, 2003. So you can see this resulted in a big jump from 43% to 65%. Whats also interesting here is that 59.5% say they comply with CIPA which should mean that 59.5% of public libraries are now filtering for ALL patrons, including staff as is required by CIPA."
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