[Publib] Kids sex questions

[Judy Anderson]

Here in Washington, the only thing we can do something about is if they are looking at child porn. Naked adults having sex are something we can't do anything about. At my last library system, the computers were filtered, not that it stops such sites from coming up. We did have an adults only section (even parents couldn't approve kids using it), where they could take off the filtering. The monitors were recessed and hooded to minimize the effect on others.

The big challenge was the laptop users who were looking at porn where everyone could see. I turned the carrel around so that the librarians could also see what they were looking at. The problem ended. We weren't monitoring what they were looking at, but I figured if they had it set up for everyone to see anyway (except the librarians) then they shouldn't have a problem if we could see it too.

As for the 12 year old, as always follow policy. But it is up to the  parents to monitor. It's no different from kids looking at sex ed books in the stacks.

Judy Anderson
Washington

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From: lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org
To: vollrathj at ccl.org; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] Kids sex questions 
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:04:11 -0600
CC: 









Kids sex questions and mp3 players




















Hi Jean…

 

I would handle the situation by telling
the boy he was looking at inappropriate material – just as I would an
adult man (or woman for that matter).  It doesn’t have to do with
the kid’s age but with the inappropriateness of the material.

 



Lynne S.
Ingersoll

Lynne S.
Ingersoll

Reference
Services Manager

Technical
Services Manager

Blue Island Public Library

2433 York Street

Blue Island, IL 60406

(708) 388-1078
x20

(708) 388-9301
Fax



 









From:
publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Vollrath, Jean

Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008
7:50 AM

To: publib at webjunction.org

Subject: [Publib] Kids sex
questions and mp3 players



 

Hi,


I'm
currently an MLS student and grateful for the discussion on interview questions
since I’m currently in job application mode.   For the last
year or so I've interned in a corporate library so there aren't any kids tuned
into the playboy website in the library (what they do in their cublices I
cannot attest to ).  One of the proposed interview questions was "If
you pass a 12 year old boy watching the playboy website, how do you handle
that?"  OK, How DO you handle that?

I
did appreciate Lynne Ingersolls
comments about kids and sex questions. I've raised my kids like that and would
appreciate a librarian's similar frankness. 

Regarding
mp3 players.  Our library purchased 12 iPods and we order business books
through and arrangement we made with Audible.  We've had to open several
iTunes accounts because you can only put 3 iPods on each account and there is a
limit on how many books from different acounts you can load on each iPod. 
A generic .mp3 player might be easier to deal with.  We wash the earbuds
in alcohol and let the patrons know that but also suggest that they can use
their own earbuds if they want to.  We use clear plastic "spacesaver"
boxes  (like kids' school pencil boxes)  to house the iPods. 
Wea re also dealing with adults that we can easily track down so we have had no
iPods lost or stolen tho we periodically have earbuds or usb connections lost. 
Checkout is for one week.  

Jean








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