Monday, 13 July 2009

June's 8th Blog 13/7/09

COMPUTERS IN THE LIBRARY



When someone comes into the library and wishes to use one of the computers that we have in the learning centre they need to have the following information at hand.



Library Card Number and Pin number (Personal identity number)



They then sit down in front of the computer and are aske to log in but before they are take to the East Renfrewshires libraries Acceptable use policy which lists the following information.


  • Acceptable use policy for PCs in the libraries

  • Permissible use

  • System Operating conditions

  • Customer Care

  • Administration and Conduct

  • Charging

  • Data Protection Act 1998

Once they have agreed to these conditions they press the agree button and are give a page where they are ask to put in their login which is their library number with out the P at the front and their password which is their pin number.


Net Nanny


Having gone on to the internet and looked up 2 different companies which sell software for the Net Nanny


Net Nanny Internet Filtering Basic Parental control



  • Blocks Pornography and protects families and childrem

  • Remote management

  • PC game blocking

  • IM Alert and Analysis

  • Soical network profile reporting

  • Secure website Filtering/ Blocking

  • internet use time controls

  • Intergration with popular serach engines

  • Net Nanny software

  • Enhanced reporting

  • Customizable allowed or blocked lists

What I liked very much about this package was that it gave you Internet Use time control which most of the packages do, but this one gave you a hyperlink which allowed you to go in and it takes you through step by step and also shows you the many awards that it has received like labybird, and disney, which are something that a parent who may not be very up to spead on computers can notice straight away and release that this is a good package. Also it comes in at £39.99 which is a good price.



Net Nanny Home Suite


First of all it is more expensive and they have more packages than you really need.


This might put off parents who have less experience with computers.



  • Easy to Install & Configure


  • Unlimited Toll-Free Technical Support
    Blocks Pornography and Protects Families and Children

    Integration With Popular Search Engines

    Remote Management
    Predator and Cyberbully Alerts

    Social Networking Dashboard

    PC Game Management
    Filtering of Encrypted and Secure Proxy Websites
    Customized White and Black Lists

    Total Customization
    Enhanced Reporting
    Computer Time Management
    Automatic Updates
    ContentCleanup™ Features & Benefits
    Comprehensive Scan
    Thumbnail View
    Blur Technology
    New File Types
    Categorization
    Reporting
    Displays Files
    Computer Performance
    Enhances PC performance by freeing up disk space.
    Toll Free Support
    ContentCleanup comes with toll-free support.

    Privacy Protection Features & Benefits
    Site Verifications
    Site Warning
    Configurable Warning Level






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