[Genealib] Re: Unaccompanied minors

[Amber Clark]

Iris,

 

In our genealogy department, we use Websense. This is an Internet program
which allows us to filter websites, so that only the websites we specify can
be accessed on the genealogy computers. We therefore limit the accessible
websites to ones like Rootsweb and other popular or useful genealogy
websites. In the case that a patron cannot access a legitimate genealogy
website, we can enter a password to override Websense and later add the
website to the useable websites for genealogy computers.

 

This has worked really well for us, as, when kids come up to use the
computers, they quickly find out that they cannot access any of their
favourite websites, and, bored, they leave.

 

I would recommend Websense to any library, and I hope this helps!

 

Amber L. Clark
Local History Archivist
Henderson County Public Library
101 South Main Street
Henderson, KY 42420
(270) 826-3712
aclark at hcpl.org

 

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