VOLUME 25, NUMBER 6 — June 2005 Computers in Libraries Complete Coverage of Library Information Technology
This Month:The
Technology of Library Politics
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FEATURES
I've Been Framed! Designing
a Library Web Site Within a Government Frame
Is your library's site trapped inside the frame of another organization's?
Wonder how you can get out? This author details her experience of being caught
in a government frame and tells you how you can break free. By Sarah Houghton
Page 6
Studying Indiana
Public Libraries' Usage of Internet Filters
To filter or not to filter, that's the hot button. Wonder what other libraries
have chosen to do? Study this survey of all Indiana public libraries to see how
many do and how many don't. Librarians' comments help illustrate the wide range
of opinions on the matter. By Alberta Comer
Page 10
Protecting User
Privacy in the Age of Digital Libraries
When dealing with user information, the more data you keep, the more data you
have to protect. This article tells how SUNY Cortland librarians learned to scrub
their records so patrons remain protected, but the librarians still have access
to useful statistics. By Karen A. Coombs
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Anonymous Library
Cards Allow You to Wonder, 'Who Was That Masked
Patron?'
There's one surefire way to save your patrons from the robbers who want to take
their personal information: Don't collect it to begin with. Soon you'll be able
to let your patrons hide behind the mask of "anonymous" library cards. By Ben Ostrowsky
Page 21
COLUMNS
The Systems Librarian Building Trust Through Secure Web Sites By Marshall Breeding
Page 24
Building Digital
Libraries Security Meets Real-World Computing By Terence K. Huwe
Page 27
Computers in Small
Libraries Using Web Services and XML Harvesting to Achieve a Dynamic Web Site By Gary Roberts
Page 30
Online Treasures
Should There Be an Expectation of Privacy in the Library? By Janet L. Balas
Page 33
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notes Technology and Politics Weave a Tangled
Web By Kathy Dempsey