The Wheaton Public Library filters all of the library Internet stations, including Internet access from a personal laptop using the wireless connections throughout the building.

The filtering blocks:

• Pornography: Sites that contain material intended to be sexually arousing or erotic.
• Child Pornography: Sites that promote, discuss and portray children in sexual acts and activity.
• Obscene/Tasteless: Sites that involve such things as mutilation, murder, bodily functions, horror, death, executions, violence.

Anyone age 17 or older who needs to view a blocked site for research purposes should ask a librarian at the Computer Desk to remove the filtering software.

Users should be aware that filters are not 100% effective. The library has no control over the content of the Internet and is not responsible for what users view on the Internet. Parents or legal guardians must accept full responsibility for teaching their child appropriate Internet behavior and for supervising the child’s use of the Internet so that inappropriate matter is not accessed.

Adopted 2/14/07