INTERNET FILTERING

as approved by the Board of Trustees of the cape Girardeau Public Library the 25th day of April, 2002

We, the Cape Girardeau Public Library's Board of Trustees, while recognizing the false security and inadequacies of Internet filters, have unanimously voted to place Internet filtering software on public access terminals in order to (1) be in compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act so that federal funding will continue to be available and (2) to offer limited protection from offensive sites.  We have requested that library staff make patrons aware of the filters and believe that, for minors, parental control continues to be the best protection.