Many libraries are digging in their heels and saying, "We are not goin — Judith Krug

"We want to provide as much information as we can, and say to our users: "It is all here. You make the choice."

"For those of us in this battle, we clearly understand one thing — that when left up to "local" decision-making, its still the ALA policy/philosophy of "no filters" that often triumphs. Local folks are not having their concerns taken seriously. I hear this repeatedly from individuals who contact us asking what they can do because theyre up against an ALA wall. Does W understand this? His wife is a librarian."

"I would have felt better if she had followed the Florida law. I suspect most people faced with the same situation would have done what she did."

"Material that might be illegal is such a minuscule part of what is available that we have to remember — and I mean not only librarians but everybody has to remember not to let it overshadow the incredible wealth of information that is available in this medium."

"A librarian is not a legal process. There is not librarian in the country — unless she or he is a lawyer — who is in the position to determine what he or she is looking at is indeed child pornography."

"The First Amendment is national in scope and, as the Supreme Court said in Tinker, it does not stop at the schoolhouse door. Not all children are the same. Is a 17-year-old on the eve of his 18th birthday the same as a five-year-old? It is not the responsibility of librarians, or online content providers for that matter, to determine what is appropriate. We are at the very beginning of how we will handle this new medium."