Comments on: Sites Blocked by IT http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/ Libraries, Technology and People Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:27:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pages tagged "tame" http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Pages tagged "tame" Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:44:28 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-678 [...] bookmarks tagged tame Sites blocked by it saved by 17 others     xbond007 bookmarked on 01/24/08 | [...] [...] bookmarks tagged tame Sites blocked by it saved by 17 others     xbond007 bookmarked on 01/24/08 | [...]

]]> By: davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-23 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-676 davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-23 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:35:56 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-676 [...] Sites Blocked by IT (Tame The Web) Nice to see a public/academic library blogger taking note of the efforts of the MLA president. (tags: in:michaelstephens mark_funk IT) These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Sites Blocked by IT (Tame The Web) Nice to see a public/academic library blogger taking note of the efforts of the MLA president. (tags: in:michaelstephens mark_funk IT) These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Brinxmat http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Brinxmat Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:46:20 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-675 Michelle, sorry, my bad: the first line should read "This comment has nothing to do with libraries" and "manage" should read "managed". In which case, we agree. Blocking software assumes that we're not doing our job, but searching the net for filth. I'm not sure that I like that assumption -- and I won't work at the kind of place that assumes this kind of thing. Michelle, sorry, my bad: the first line should read “This comment has nothing to do with libraries” and “manage” should read “managed”. In which case, we agree.

Blocking software assumes that we’re not doing our job, but searching the net for filth. I’m not sure that I like that assumption — and I won’t work at the kind of place that assumes this kind of thing.

]]> By: Michelle http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Michelle Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:38:28 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-674 Brinxmat, I respectfully disagree. When you are in a hospital library and your instituion is running blocking software it makes it extremely difficult to do your job like finding quality images or things mentioning any taboo words such as sex, genitals, breast, etc. YouTube is specifically blocked at our institution. There are some very good surgical videos from reputable institutions on YouTube. Our hospital's residents, medical students, and others cannot view these videos at the hospital. Brinxmat, I respectfully disagree. When you are in a hospital library and your instituion is running blocking software it makes it extremely difficult to do your job like finding quality images or things mentioning any taboo words such as sex, genitals, breast, etc.

YouTube is specifically blocked at our institution. There are some very good surgical videos from reputable institutions on YouTube. Our hospital’s residents, medical students, and others cannot view these videos at the hospital.

]]> By: Brinxmat http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Brinxmat Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:52:50 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-673 This has nothing to do with libraries: I worked in industry, they had a Panda product that denied access to certain sites; this piece of junk manage to policy out a supplier of computer hardware called officeline, and the company's own website. Weak. I found out that they had a specific category for "proxy avoidance". This has nothing to do with libraries: I worked in industry, they had a Panda product that denied access to certain sites; this piece of junk manage to policy out a supplier of computer hardware called officeline, and the company’s own website. Weak. I found out that they had a specific category for “proxy avoidance”.

]]> By: Jaap van de Geer http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Jaap van de Geer Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:43:57 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/22/sites-blocked-by-it/#comment-670 Soooo glad I am the IT department :-) No site blocking. Soooo glad I am the IT department :-) No site blocking.

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