Week 5: RSS post of the week

I've signed up for the ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association) media releases RSS feed. You can see the list of releases (and sign up for feeds) here .
One of the feeds concerns internet filtering in libraries. The release starts out by saying "the current NetAlert - Protecting Australian Families Online initiative raises significant and unresolved problems for public libraries, and for the free flow of information in our communities".
ALIA's concerns focus on the difficulties associated with implementing filtering in libraries (a figure of $3.5 million is quoted as the cost of 'filtering' just one terminal each in all of Australia's public libraries), and the Association's long held commitment to the free flow of information in the community.
Also noted is that the Federal Minister (Helen Coonan) continues to criticise public libraries for failing in their duty to provide internet access in such a way that children are protected from unsavoury content - despite the existence of long-established policies of local governments and libraries to cover access to online content.
More information on ALIA's approach is available.