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Focuses on the decision of the Herrick District Library in Holland, Michigan, to use filtering software on its Internet terminals. How a referendum to require such software in libraries was voted down; Michigan law, which requires libraries to prevent minors from accessing obscene or sexually explicit material; Limitations of the tap-on-the-shoulder policy the library had been using.

Reports a decision that Georgetown Township Library in Jenison, Michigan should revert to an all-filtered access policy for the Internet. How House Bill 4191 prompted administrators to adopt a $100 policy for unfettered Internet access; Township officials declaring the law ambiguous enough to allow filtering; Concern of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Reports that in August 1999, the Georgetown Township Library, in Grand Rapids, Michigan charged patrons $100 an hour for unfiltered Internet access. Details of a Michigan state law which empowers library trustees to filter on the Internet; Reaction of town officials to the fee.