Message from the Director • Internet Access by Minor Children • Fines and Fees • Unattended Children's Policy

INTERNET ACCESS BY MINOR CHILDREN

Parents, guardians, and caregivers are responsible for their minor children's use of all library materials, including the Internet. Library District staff cannot monitor the Internet resources that minor children may select. A collection of age-appropriate Internet sites selected by Young People's Librarians is included on the District's web site. These sites meet the same selection criteria used for the selection of other library materials for youth.

The Library District will provide filtering software on Young People's Library computers in an attempt to limit access to age-appropriate Internet sites by minor children to the extent that is feasible given technical requirements and support. However, the Library District cannot guarantee that filtering technology will successfully block all inappropriate sites. Such controls cannot be absolutely fool proof and parents and guardians must ultimately accept responsibility for determining appropriate use of the Internet by their minor children. Any restriction of the minor child's access to the Internet remains the sole responsibility of the parent, guardian, or caregiver.

In order to provide flexible Internet access to young people the Library District restricts access to Young People's Library computers to minor children and their accompanying parents or guardians.

Minor children may use filtered workstations without parental permission. To access an unfiltered Internet workstation a minor child will be required a have a "Parental Permission Agreement for Use of the Internet" form signed by a parent or guardian prior to accessing the unfiltered Internet workstation. Download pdf form.

Parents are encouraged to guide their minor child's use of the Internet and to read Child Safety on the Information Highway, produced jointly by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Interactive Services Association.

*Minor child is defined as minors under the age of 18.
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