First there was this sign from a library board which the staff doesn’t even agree with. Now, while working on my public WiFi policies article for Computers in Libraries I’ve been shown a policy that states “!!!!!!!!! YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER to access the internet through the Wireless Access Point. !!!!!!!!!” (Exclaimation points not added by me.) This is due to the fact that the library does not allow anyone under 18 access to e-mail or chat.
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Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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