Dear Accessibility Advocates: With the federal Children's Internet Protection Act mandating installation of filtering software on computers in public and school libraries across the nation: Question: Are the filtering software programs accessible? With 508 here, shouldn't the Federal Government be calling for the accessibility of the programs that they are in a way promoting and requiring institutions to buy? Ellen Perlow Chair, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee "Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity" http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html Next Application Submission Deadline: March 1, 2001 ALA 2001 Scholarship Application page: http://www.ala.org/work/awards/scholars.html Have YOU recruited/applied to be a Century Scholarship applicant today? ---------------------------------------------------- Manager of Information Services School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman's University P.O. Box 425438 Denton, TX 76204-5438 Tel.: 940-898-2622 Fax: 940-898-2611 Web: http://twu.edu/~s_perlow/ E-Mail: [log in to unmask]