Dickinson echoes this sentiment.
"Truthfully, I don't think I've ever had a complaint related to children's use of the Internet come to me," Dickinson says.
In fact, while it may be possible to monitor which Web sites library patrons are accessing, Dickinson says she would not consider doing so.
"There's no reason to [engage in monitoring]," she explains.
"We don't look over people's shoulders while they're reading books in the library," Dickinson says, "so we wouldn't do it when they're using the Internet either."
She adds that the right to privacy is a "traditional value" of public libraries.
The five monitors in the reference area are furnished with privacy screens, and the terminals on the children's floor are positioned at an angle that prevents passersby from snooping.
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