[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[Lynne Ingersoll]

If you need to Google something serious or sensitive (venereal disease) (Al
Qaeda), use the library public computer.  I may be wrong, but unless you
leave your name somewhere, you personally won't be identified.

 

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 x21

(708) 388-9301 Fax

 

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From: Lisa Guidarini [mailto:lguidarini at aapld.org] 
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:55 PM
To: Lynne Ingersoll; brad thomas; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

If you admit to "playing hooky" from work one day, someone considering
hiring you may decide not to. Ditto if you say you're going on vacation, or
will be away from home. That's like telling the world - "Hey, my house will
be empty!"

 

It depends what you write. There may be consequences for anything. Then
again, there may not. That uncertainty is the unknown.

 

For me, I don't have a common name. I'm super easy to find. My brother in
law Googles me for fun sometimes, then quotes me back to me. It's annoying,
but not serious. And what if I Google a venereal disease? Google keeps track
of everything we search. Where does that go? Nobody really knows. I could be
Googling for an innocent reason. Or maybe not. I could Google fascism, how
to join Al Qaeda, anything at all, for reference. But those keeping track
don't know that.

 

Again, the unknown. It depends on your degree of trust. I have none.

 

Lisa

 

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From: Lynne Ingersoll [mailto:lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org] 
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:32 PM
To: Lisa Guidarini; 'brad thomas'; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

Ok, I Googled myself.  I had to.  Found out there are quite a few other
people with my name.  They are probably more interesting than me.  There
were 778.000 hits.  I looked at the first 3 pages; I think 4 or 5 were
actually me.  Nothing inflammatory or derogatory.  Well, maybe my Facebook
photo, but it is actually me.  You just can't do anything on the Internet
without a sense of humor and fearlessness of consequences.  What's the worst
that could happen?  Somebody might not like what I say?  Oh dear...

 

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 x21

(708) 388-9301 Fax

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Lisa Guidarini
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:39 AM
To: brad thomas; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

But what we write on the internet stays forever. We may change our opinions
on anything, but just not write about it so the world can read it so no one
would know. The internet is forever. Other postings aren't.

 

Lisa

 

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