1. What are the selection criteria for information available on the web?

Considering that web is widely accessible widely 24 hours for any

users, it is important that materials provided on web is accurate,
current and updated when necessary. Accuracy is a big issue regarding
a report by The Pew Internet and American Life Project that one in six
adults could not differentiate between unbiased search results and
advertisement, therefore accurate information is substantial. Also,
considering that web is accessible for any ages the material should be
appropriate to the audience level, well organized, and easy to use.
2. To what extent does the library staff control access to web content?
What policies are needed to balance intellectual freedom issues with
protection of vulnerable clientele such as children?
Librarians can establish their own web by providing web contents
which supports the users need by maintaining the existence of
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights. Besides providing enriched
materials, the web is necessarily provided with guidelines of use such
as Conditions of Use, Monitoring & Privacy, and Infringement of
Conditions. Librarians can also do the following stuffs: collecting and
store only information to measure the number of visitors to different
areas of the site, the address (IP) of users computer or Internet
provider, the date and time users accessed the site and the record of
users agreement to terms and conditions. Regarding the issue of
children protection, its important to make Internet safety issues by
demanding parents guide or legal guardians, providing certain
software for children and again, rules for internet use.
3. To what extent does library staff create interfaces that guide patrons to
particular web sites?
Library staffs establish their own web by linking it to a specific sites
that have been vetted like other library materials, this is merely to give
professionals tradition of guiding patrons to timely and accurate
information in purpose to perform high-quality searches of high quality
resources for the users.
4. How does the library staff decide if a particular information resource
should be accessible in print, AV, or electronic format? When should
the same information be available in multiple formats?
Resource accessibility is related with preservation and archiving whose
goal is to protect the resource item. Therefore, the biggest
consideration is based on the type of the documents themselves. For

example, fragile document cannot be accessible in printed format and

theyd better be converted into electronic format. It is also important to
consider about unauthorized alterations. Multiple format is needed
when a resource is worried to be damaged if they are kept in a single
format such as in electronic format only. Instead of keeping a resource
in electronic format only, its better to convert them to other format.
This is to avoid the damage of a file if its only stored in electronic
format due to corrupt or familiar thing we can see in a web such asfile
not found.
5. What responsibility does the library staff have to make available only
information that they feel is accurate or reliable?
Technologies have challenged the roles of librarians and Librarians
have roles to guide and navigate a system where every piece of
content of information has a preordained place. The explosion of
information which is easily gained through internet makes it possible
for the information inaccurate. Dealing with this, librarians can use
their covered area of working e.g their sites to provide only accurate
and reliable information.
6. To what extent are librarians responsible for evaluating information for
the patron?

It is impossible for libraries to control information gained by the patrons

through internet. Patron should be aware that most resources available on
internet are global rather than local. However, library staffs may provide
assistance to patrons in the use of internet as time and staff knowledge
permits. Formal instruction may be available at schedule times.

7. To what extent should libraries or information centers warn patrons

that information might be inaccurate, biased or incomplete?
They can give guidelines about how to gain information carefully, for
example, by warning the patrons the following things: information
gained via internet may be not accurate, may not be valid, may not be
current and may not be obtained from reliable source.
8. Under what conditions does a library decide to order a physical item,
even when it can be obtained from another library easily?
In digital library, e-libraries are suggested to save patrons time, create
an organized environment of accurate and credible resources, and
increase access to new user which is impossible to be done by
borrowing from other libraries which is so traditional and takes a long
time.