Internet Access

Read this statement. Make your choice at the end to proceed.

The Internet is unregulated and the Library cannot guarantee its accuracy. The Library provides assistance and training, but parents and guardians are responsible for setting guidelines and restrictions for their minor children. All computers are located in public areas where minors are present. The law prohibits "every person, who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, knowingly ... exhibits, or offers to distribute or exhibit by any means, matter which is deemed 'harmful to minors.' (Penal Code §313 et seq.) The law also prohibits the exhibition of obscene matter to any person. (Penal Code §311 et seq.)" Education is the key to responsible, safe and intelligent Internet use. To help educate users, the library provides assistance, handouts and training in using the Internet. The library recommends specific web sites suitable for different ages such as children or teens. Children's computers have a commercially produced filter product which attempts to block sites possibly objectionable. The library can not and does not guarantee that the filter will always block objectionable sites. Each library sets and posts rules to manage its available Internet resources. All users are expected to be respectful of the rights of others in using the Internet.

Beginning Your Internet Session

The Library offers a choice of unfiltered or filtered Internet access, which you may change at any point in your session.
For unfiltered access, complete Step 1 to begin your session. To select filtered access, complete Steps 1-4.

• Step 1: Click the "I Accept These Conditions" button below.
• Step 2: Go to your "Personal Session Manager." Click on the "My Account" button in the SAM window.
• Steps 3-4: In the next SAM window, use the dropdown menu to change to "Filtered" access if desired.
  Next, click the "Save" button followed by the "Okay" button.