The Librarians of the Technical College System of Georgia and Their Response to Internet Filtering, Or How to Win Friends and Make Procedural Changes

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Christina Teasley, Savannah Technical College

Location

Room 212

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Earlier this year the Library Council of the Technical College System of Georgia charged a committee with writing a proposal to ease Internet filtering on theier campuses. The Proposal Aims to create technology committees comprised of IT staff, librarians, students, and toher key players that locally determine the parameters of filtering on each campus. This presentation will introduce the committee's work, recent developments, and suggests ways for librarians to effect change at their institution while maintaining cordial relations with their administrators and state officials.

Keywords

Information literacy, Internet filtering, Technology committees

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Teasley, Christina, "The Librarians of the Technical College System of Georgia and Their Response to Internet Filtering, Or How to Win Friends and Make Procedural Changes" (2008). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 19.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2008/2008/19