FW: [Tasl] Sites Blocked

[Bruce Hester]

I have one more bit of info to give you regarding the  issue of blocked
sites in your districts. Particularly those filtered out by ENA. Dana Moore
with ENA sent this to me. So read her message below to see what steps you
need to take to have a site "unblocked" or reconsidered in your district.

-- 
Bruce Hester, President
Tennessee Association of School Librarians

1724 Valley Rd.
Clarksville, TN 37043
931-551-8009 home
931-237-2490 cell
hesterb at charter.net

Library Media Information Specialist
Northeast Middle School
3703 Trenton Rd.
Clarksville, TN 37040
931-648-5665 x1111    Fax 931-503-3410
bruce.hester at cmcss.net

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where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason
for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.
— Monty Python skit

------ Forwarded Message
From: Dana Moore <dmoore at ena.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:15:48 -0500
To: Bruce Hester <bruce.hester at cmcss.net>
Conversation: [Tasl] Sites Blocked
Subject: RE: [Tasl] Sites Blocked


There is also a process called "authorized override" that ENA put in
place at the request of school librarians a few years ago- I believe
Diane Chen led that charge.

Since most of the schools are with ENA, any district that uses our
services can utilize this way of getting around a block for a specified
period of time. (For learning purposes in the classroom, etc.)

Every technology coordinator should know how to do this, and can contact
our help desk of they need any further assistance. I believe
"authorization" for the A/O feature is a local district issue, so the
rules may be different in each district.


And the consortium is very open to requests to unblock sites- they meet
on this matter occasionally, and want to open up any sites that schools
districts direct them to make available.

Dana Moore
ENA
Personal TLA, TASL, Tenn-share, FOTL and ACLU supporter :-)