[Publib] Do we want a perfectly filtered world?

[Don Wood]

Do we want a perfectly filtered world? [Library Student Journal]
http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/articles/cooke_2006_11_do.php 


"I am not suggesting here that the issue of whether to use filtering software in public libraries is an easy matter to resolve for public librarians, and it is evident that librarians have little choice but to conform to legal requirements where these mandate a particular course of action. However, I believe that we should not sit on the fence with regard to our own views, but should actively engage in debate and defend, in whatever way we believe best, the cause of intellectual freedom that is the cornerstone and, some would even say, the raison d'être, of our profession. If we do believe in the public library as a democratic and inclusive institution, then we can do no less."