INTERNET  USE POLICY

Internet access is provided for educational and informational purposes and to enhance the existing collection.

1.  Your use of the Internet at Greenfield Library carries with it a responsibility to evaluate the

information you access and to read and accept the Internet Use Policy.

2.  The Greenfield Public Library assumes no responsibility for the content or the accuracy of the

      information found on the Internet.  The Internet has valuable information but also

     contains information which may be inaccurate, outdated, or offensive.

3. A minimal level of competence is expected of Internet users. Library staff members are

available to provide general assistance in the use of the Internet; however, the Staff may not be familiar with

every application or site you wish to use.

4.  Use of the Internet is for LAWFUL purposes only.

5.  If Internet searching results in disruption of library services, or if patron behavior while using  

     Internet resources is deemed to be exposing children to harmful material or harmful

     descriptions or narrations as described in 948.11 of the Wisconsin Statutes staff may end the

     user’s search session.  A copy of Wisconsin Statute 948.11 is provided as appendix to this

     policy.

6.  Misuse or abuse of the equipment or attempts to change or modify settings may result in the

suspension of Internet privileges.

7.  Those under 18 are expected to have obtained parental permission to use the Internet.

8.   Library staff can not and will not act in place of the parent/ guardian in enforcing any

restrictions a parent or guardian expresses to the minor regarding access to the resources found on the Internet. 

A parent/guardian may sign a form denying their child use of the Internet at this library.

9.  One or two persons per machine.  One user must have a valid library card issued by a public

     library in Milwaukee County.  The card must be current, have fines less than $5.00 and no

     materials more than six weeks past due.

10. Charge for printing material is ten cents per page.  Be sure to determine the length of the

      information you will be printing before you give the print command.   Printed material may    

      be picked up and paid for at the Circulation Desk.  You are expected to pay for the material

      you print. Money must be deposited to your printing account before giving the print

      command.  Deposits between $1 and $5 are accepted.  Money deposited to the printing

      account remains on the card until it is used.

11.  Users are limited to two hours per day.

12.  Users may reserve time up to one week in advance.  Reservations may be placed using

       any internet computer, the reservation computer, or by telephoning the Reference &

       Information Desk.

13.  Internet machines near the Children’s Area will be filtered by December 31, 2006.

14.  An Internet only card is available for those who live outside Milwaukee County.  The

      fee is $ dollars for one day or $ dollars for one week.

WALK-UP STATION

The walk up machine is first come, first serve.

Adopted 12/14/06

APPENDIX

948.11      
948.11Exposing a child to harmful material or harmful descriptions or narrations.

948.11(1)      
(1)Definitions. In this section:

948.11(1)(ag)      
(ag) "Harmful description or narrative account" means any explicit and detailed description or narrative account of sexual excitement, sexually explicit conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture or brutality that, taken as a whole, is harmful to children.

948.11(1)(ar)      
(ar) "Harmful material" means:

948.11(1)(ar)1.      
1. Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexually explicit conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture or brutality and that is harmful to children; or

948.11(1)(ar)2.      
2. Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced or recording that contains any matter enumerated in subd. 1., or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexually explicit conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture or brutality and that, taken as a whole, is harmful to children.

948.11(1)(b)      
(b) "Harmful to children" means that quality of any description, narrative account or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexually explicit conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, physical torture or brutality, when it:

948.11(1)(b)1.      
1. Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of children;

948.11(1)(b)2.      
2. Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for children; and

948.11(1)(b)3.      
3. Lacks serious literary, artistic, political, scientific or educational value for children, when taken as a whole.

948.11(1)(d)      
(d) "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

948.11(1)(e)      
(e) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation or other legal entity.

948.11(1)(f)      
(f) "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

948.11(2)      
(2)Criminal penalties.

948.11(2)(a)      
(a) Whoever, with knowledge of the character and content of the material, sells, rents, exhibits, plays, distributes, or loans to a child any harmful material, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class I felony if any of the following applies:

948.11(2)(a)1.      
1. The person knows or reasonably should know that the child has not attained the age of 18 years.

948.11(2)(a)2.      
2. The person has face-to-face contact with the child before or during the sale, rental, exhibit, playing, distribution, or loan.

948.11(2)(am)      
(am) Any person who has attained the age of 17 and who, with knowledge of the character and content of the description or narrative account, verbally communicates, by any means, a harmful description or narrative account to a child, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class I felony if any of the following applies:

948.11(2)(am)1.      
1. The person knows or reasonably should know that the child has not attained the age of 18 years.

948.11(2)(am)2.      
2. The person has face-to-face contact with the child before or during the communication.

948.11(2)(b)      
(b) Whoever, with knowledge of the character and content of the material, possesses harmful material with the intent to sell, rent, exhibit, play, distribute, or loan the material to a child is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if any of the following applies:

948.11(2)(b)1.      
1. The person knows or reasonably should know that the child has not attained the age of 18 years.

948.11(2)(b)2.      
2. The person has face-to-face contact with the child.

948.11(2)(c)      
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of pars. (a) 2., (am) 2., and (b) 2. if the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the child had attained the age of 18 years, and the child exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the child had attained the age of 18 years. A defendant who raises this affirmative defense has the burden of proving this defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

948.11(3)      
(3)Extradition. If any person is convicted under sub. (2) and cannot be found in this state, the governor or any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law shall, unless the convicted person has appealed from the judgment of contempt or conviction and the appeal has not been finally determined, demand his or her extradition from the executive authority of the state in which the person is found.

948.11(4)      
(4)Libraries and educational institutions.

948.11(4)(a)      
(a) The legislature finds that the libraries and educational institutions under par. (b) carry out the essential purpose of making available to all citizens a current, balanced collection of books, reference materials, periodicals, sound recordings and audiovisual materials that reflect the cultural diversity and pluralistic nature of American society. The legislature further finds that it is in the interest of the state to protect the financial resources of libraries and educational institutions from being expended in litigation and to permit these resources to be used to the greatest extent possible for fulfilling the essential purpose of libraries and educational institutions.

948.11(4)(b)      
(b) No person who is an employee, a member of the board of directors or a trustee of any of the following is liable to prosecution for violation of this section for acts or omissions while in his or her capacity as an employee, a member of the board of directors or a trustee:

948.11(4)(b)1.      
1. A public elementary or secondary school.

948.11(4)(b)2.      
2. A private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r).

948.11(4)(b)3.      
3. Any school offering vocational, technical or adult education that:

948.11(4)(b)3.a.      
a. Is a technical college, is a school approved by the educational approval board under s. 38.50, or is a school described in s. 38.50 (1) (e) 6., 7. or 8.; and

948.11(4)(b)3.b.      
b. Is exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6).

948.11(4)(b)4.      
4. Any institution of higher education that is accredited, as described in s. 39.30 (1) (d), and is exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code, as defined in s. 71.01 (6).

948.11(4)(b)5.      
5. A library that receives funding from any unit of government.

948.11(5)      
(5)Severability. The provisions of this section, including the provisions of sub. (4), are severable, as provided in s. 990.001 (11).
 

948.11 - ANNOT.      
   History: 1987 a. 332; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 220, 399; 1995 a. 27 s. 9154 (1); 1997 a. 27, 82; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 104, 109; 2005 a. 22, 25, 254.

948.11 - ANNOT.      
   This section is not unconstitutionally overbroad. The exemption from prosecution of libraries, educational institutions, and their employees and directors does not violate equal protection rights. State v. Thiel, 183 Wis. 2d 505, 515 N.W.2d 847 (1994).

948.11 - ANNOT.      
   The lack of a requirement in sub. (2) (a) that the defendant know the age of the child exposed to the harmful material does not render the statute unconstitutional on its face. State v. Kevin L.C. 216 Wis. 2d 166, 576 N.W.2d 62 (Ct. App. 1997), 97-1087.

948.11 - ANNOT.      
   An individual violates this section if he or she, aware of the nature of the material, knowingly offers or presents for inspection to a specific minor material defined as harmful to children in sub. (1) (b). The personal contact between the perpetrator and the child-victim is what allows the state to impose on the defendant the risk that the victim is a minor. State v. Trochinski, 2002 WI 56, 253 Wis. 2d 38, 644 N.W.2d 891, 00-2545.

948.11 - ANNOT.      
   Evidence was not insufficient to sustain the jury's verdict solely because the jury did not view the video alleged to be "harmful material," but instead heard only the children victim's and a detective's descriptions of what they saw. State v. Booker, 2006 WI 79, ___ Wis. 2d ___, 717 N.W.2d 676, 04-1435.

Adopted 12/14/06