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Whether to filter Internet access is a question facing libraries of all types. Schneider gives guidance for reviewing aspects of that question and finding answers for individual institutions. She first covers how filters work, their features, the types of filters available, and how the new Web rating systems will affect the use of and need for filters. She concludes this section with several libraries' real experiences with filter use. Next, she reports on the Internet Filter Assessment Project (TIFAP), a six-month procedure designed chiefly to see how filters work in real life. A panel of librarians and other library users tested 13 filters. Rather than simply to assess products, the tests were intended to answer some general questions related to such matters as developing a features list and demonstrating how filters work, especially at minimal settings. Schneider presents the tests' results, which will prove most valuable for libraries that have not yet decided their positions on filters. (Reviewed April 1, 1998)1555703224Edward Swanson
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