Revised February 9, 2005.
Library Rules
Users must be at least 12 years old in order to access the Internet unless accompanied by an adult.
Parents or guardians are responsible for the information and materials accessed by minors under the age of 18 at this computer.
Adult Internet users are responsible for the information they choose to view.
The library has installed filtering software on the library computers to comply with the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act, which requires libraries to deactivate the filtering software if a library patron requests it. This Internet policy remains in effect whether the filtering software is active or not.
Acceptable Use
Please be polite, considerate to other patrons, and use appropriate language while using the Internet.
Remember that the library computers are a part of total library service. You are expected to behave according to approved library rules of conduct.
Schlow Library is not responsible for the content or accuracy of information found on the Internet. Use of any information obtained via the Internet is at your own risk.
Unacceptable Use
Viewing, transmitting or downloading pornographic materials: “Displaying or causing to display any explicit sexual material (as defined in 18 PA C.S. 5903)...on any...viewing screen in such manner that the display is visible...in any establishment where minors, as part of the general public, may be exposed to view all or any part of such materials". (Penna. Criminal Code-Sect.5903.) This is a felony offense.
Uses that violate the law or encourage others to violate the law: transmitting offensive or harassing messages; offering for sale or use any illegal substance; downloading or transmitting confidential, trade secret information, or copyrighted materials. Even if materials are not marked with the copyright symbol, users should assume that all materials are protected unless there is explicit permission on the materials to use them.
Uses that cause harm to others or damage to their property: engaging in defamation (harming another’s reputation by lies); impersonating another user; vandalism, including any attempt to harm or destroy data, software or hardware.
Uses that compromise the safety and security of minors when using e-mail, chat rooms and other forms of direct electronic communications. For minors under the age of 18: giving others private information about one’s self or others, including credit card numbers and social security numbers or arranging a face-to-face meeting with someone one has “met” on the computer network or Internet without a parent’s permission; disclosing user names and passwords.
Uses that jeopardize the security of the computer network: unauthorized use of personal software programs on the library’s computers; altering the library’s computer settings or hardware.
Adopted
by the Schlow Library Board of Trustees, December 8, 1999
Revised February 9, 2005.
Schlow's Guide to the Internet for Parents and Children/Teens
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