Notes

¹ Throughout this article "hardcore pornography" is defined as sexually explicit, but not legally obscene porn. Librarians do not usually defend illegal materials.
² American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internet.html.
³ John Carlo Bertot, Charles R. McClure, The 1998 National Survey of U.S. Public Library Outlet Internet Connectivity: Final Report, September 1998.
⁴ Filtering Facts,"Responses to Arguments Against Filtering", http://www.filteringfacts.org/index2.htm.
⁵ Filtering Facts,"Responses to Arguments Against Filtering", http://www.filteringfacts.org/index2.htm.
⁶ American Civil Liberties Union, Censorship in a box: Why blocking software is wrong for public libraries, 1998, http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/box.html.
⁷ American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internet.html.
⁸ American Library Association, Diversity in Collection Development: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights, January 10, 1999, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/div_coll.html.
⁹ American Library Association, Frequently Asked Internet Questions, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/interfaq.html.
¹⁰ New Hampshire Library Association, Statement on Use of Internet Filters, October 16, 1998, http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/filters.htm.
¹¹ See John Stewart Mill, "Of the liberty of thought and discussion," On Liberty, 1859.
¹² American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/Internet.html.
¹³ American Library Association, Frequently Asked Internet Questions, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/interfaq.html.
¹⁴ Harry Hochheiser, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Filtering FAQ. Quoted in American Civil Liberties Union, Censorship in a box: Why blocking software is wrong for public libraries, 1998, http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/box.html.
¹⁵ This type of filter is described and endorsed by Filtering Facts in "Responses to Arguments Against Filtering", http://www.filteringfacts.org/index2.htm.
¹⁶ Leonie M. Brinkema, Mainstream Loudon v. Board of Trustees of the Loudon County Library, November 23, 1998. 27 Media L. Rep. 1065.
¹⁷ Steve Lawrence, C. Lee Giles, "Accessibility of information on the web," Nature, July 8, 1999, pp.107-9.
¹⁸ American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/Internet.html.
¹⁹ Anemona Hartocollis, "How small-town standards can block a big city class," New York Times, December 15, 1999.
²⁰ Benton Foundation, The Future's in a Balance: A Toolkit for Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age, Washington: Benton Foundation 1998. 54, 81.
²¹ Filtering Facts, "Responses to Arguments Against Filtering", http://www.filteringfacts.org/index2.htm.
²² American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internet.html.
²³ American Library Association, Frequently Asked Internet Questions, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/interfaq.html.
²⁴ American Library Association, Frequently Asked Internet Questions, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/interfaq.html.
²⁵ American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internet.html.
²⁶ American Library Association, Questions and Answers: Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights, June 5, 1997, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/oif_q&a.html.
²⁷ American Library Association, Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy, June 1998, http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internet.html.

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