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Reports that the Jefferson Parish Council in Louisiana passed a law making it a crime to view sexually explicit or obscene Internet sites on library computers. Details of the ordinance; Vote of the council to put filters on library computers.

Reports that the Council of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana voted to filter all but one library computer in each branch. Proposal of a law that criminalizes access to obscene Internet sites in a public library.

Editorial. Focuses on a Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ordinance drafted to make it illegal for anyone to use library Internet access to view material deemed obscene. Opinion that this is an unconstitutional remedy to the problem of library Internet access abuse; Statement that libraries may have to proactively partner with local law enforcement to curtail so-called surreptitious crimes, such as the viewing of child pornography by convicted molesters.

Reports on the police search of the Harrahan branch of the Jefferson Parish Library in Louisiana after a parent's obscenity complaint. Details of the seizure of one of the branch's internet terminals and computer logs after a man was allegedly seen masturbating at a library computer; Plans of the Library Department to review its internet access policy.