As the technology becomes more sophisticated, rules and regulations will become established and such issues will be eradicated. However the management of mat erial in libraries has always be filtered. The issue of online censorship and the filters available will be looked into very carefully, and if considered to be necessary will be pursued. However, public libraries do have a very open environment whereby people can be monitored easily. If a computer terminal is placed in a busy', open area of the library, library staff will have a continuous view of the terminal.
Libraries make insurance provision and provide security already under large scale policies.
The Internet carries electronic information from around the corner and from across the world - it is a way of finding things out. So, in the same way there are books, magazines, radio and tv programmes informing people on any subject from local weather to aliens in outer space, the Internet is an electronic way of accessing the information. To be able to use the World Wide Web an d to have access to electronic information, an individual has to be literate to be able to find their way around all the information. As technology develops, computer and media literacy will become essential. Consequently libraries will become focus points for improved skills, and knowledge through a multi-media environment.