American Civil Liberties Union, 16, 17, 18

American Library Association (ALA), xviii, xxiv, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19, 66, 69, 76, 77

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), xvi, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, 2, 3, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 37, 66, 67, 76, 77

Child Online Protection Act (COPA), xxiv, 11, 16

Clinton, Bill, xvi, 9

Data collection techniques, 30–33

Digital divide, xxiv, 9–10, 23, 61–62, 74, 78, 79, 88

e-rate discount, xx, xxiii, 2, 3, 12, 17, 72, 79

Electronic Frontier Foundation, 3, 15, 69

Federal Communication Commission, 12

Filters, xvi, xvii, xviii, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 2, 10–17, 23, 28, 46–58, 62–66, 72, 88, 89, 90

First Amendment, xvii, xix, xxv, 2, 3, 4, 11, 13, 16–17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 66–67

Harm to students, xvii, xxi, xxiv, 10, 16, 20–22, 23, 54, 57, 62, 67–68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 88

Intellectual freedom, xxiii, 1, 2, 5, 17–22, 23, 25, 30, 58, 66, 78, 88

Internet, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxv, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6–9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39–68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 88, 90

Kaiser study, 3, 13, 14

Librarians/librarianship, xv, xix, 1, 7, 8, 15, 17, 19, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 42, 76

Library Research Service, 7

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), 3, 17

Limitations of study, xxv, 36–37, 77, 78

Media center see School media center

Media specialist/school librarian, 7, 8, 19, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 41, 42, 45, 52, 58, 60, 65, 68, 71, 74, 77, 79, 86, 88

Media specialist see Library media specialist

A Nation at Risk, 7

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 6, 9

National Research Council (NRC), 11, 20, 73

National School Boards Foundation, 2

National School Lunch Program, 8

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), 9, 10, 12

Online Policy Group, 3, 15, 69

Overblocking, xvi, xviii, xix, 11, 12, 14, 34, 46–49, 62, 70, 74, 75, 78, 79, 84, 87