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Librarian Suspended over Patrons' Web Access
bsw149 writes "The head librarian of the Valparaiso Community Library in Florida was suspended
after investigators found that users had viewed adult content on public computers.
While the library has a policy against viewing adult material on library
computers, the librarian is facing possible dismissal. Is the best enforcement policy to
hold librarians personally responsible for the materials patrons' access?"
How to get your local librarian fired: 1) Upload the porn to your private online server 2) View the porn on your private server at the library 3) Keep the cache intact. 4) Contact the authorities and inform them that someone has been looking at porn on library computers. 5) Laugh mirthlessly as you watch your librarian being led away in handcuffs.
Did he get his moneyshot on the keyboard? Now that would be A Bad Thing. I am looking for keyboard manufactureres who have a built in cloth cum-rag roller at the top of the keyboard. Sort of like those roller things in public restrooms, where you pull the roller and the cloth comes down clean and pressed -- ever so pristine. Oh, on a wiper arm thing for the screen. All automatic, of course and powered by a firmware Linux distro.
nar
You're right! Imagine the imcompetence!
> Ms. Martin is NOT under police investigation.
HIde and watch. Otherwise it makes zero sense. Been here done this stuff. Remember, I make my living doing this and I do it right smack in the Buckle of the Bible Belt. There ain't no chance I'd get sacked for a patron managing to sneak past the porn filters and the idea they would go a step higher and sack my boss is laughable. Therefore there IS more to this story.
> Assuming that "leftist" here means "anti-censorship", a typical
> right-wing misinterpretation of anyone who won't ban the books the
> extremists want banned.
No, I mean leftist in the sense of socialist moveon.org ACORN types. I mean leftist in the sense that the Texas Library Association had Ralph Nader keynoting with a totally over the top and overtly political campaign speech to raucus standing ovations. In TEXAS in 2004. In case it still eludes you, I'm talking about FSCKING TEXAS! I was there, I saw it. If there is a definition of 'out of the mainstream' that doesn't include a room with about 75% Naderites in TEXAS then please enlighten me what that phrase means on your planet.
When I'm at library functions I'm always aware that I'm a pilgrim in a very unholy land. Of moonbats.
Democrat delenda est