By educating yourself, you can maximize the benefits and minimize the risks when your children use the Internet at the library or in your home. Ask your library director or your children's librarian about other sites and local links to good resources for kids. No filter can keep up with the changing locations and explosive growth of Internet sites. Filters don't block all possibly objectionable sites and they may block information that is legitimate and helpful. Filters also can't possibly take the place of parents' choice and responsibility in deciding what their own children should be able to access electronically.
Some libraries do install filtering software on computers intended for children's use.
Some choose to establish rules that children must understand and follow in using the Internet. Some require parental permission for Internet use by minors. Others rely on supervision of children on-line. No single answer will suit every library. The policy will include procedures for Internet use that apply to all library users.