Managing your Internet and intranet services, by Peter Griffiths

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Safety issues Safety is paramount. The text refers to the U.S. COPPA (Children's Online Personal Privacy Act). The links are repeated here together with some British and other material. COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act - P.L. 105-277, sections 1301-1308) came into effect in the US on 21 April 2000 Text of the Act (html) Text of the Act (pdf) Guidance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Internet Librarian 2000 - section on COPPA and the earlier COPA which was declared unconstitutional Web site development - advice for schools (City of Edinburgh Council) Watch the City of Edinburgh Council site for further guidance. See : School websites help paedophiles to track victims, The Times, 18 December 2000, p.8 Click thinking - Personal safety on the Net The Telson Spur - a Canadian hub Chat Wise, Street Wise - Children and Internet chat services (paper by the Internet Crime Forum IRC working group, March 2001)	Illustration Crown copyright © 2000 Used in accordance with HMSO guidance

	Superhighway safety - safe use of the Internet was published by the National Grid for Learning on 19 March 2001 - it includes guidance on e-mail addressing at school, images of pupils on Web sites and the use of Internet chat in the classroom
A selection of articles on creating and managing school libraries Ryan, S. 'It's hip to be square'. SLJ Online, 2000. Valenza, J. 'A Webquest about school library sites'. (There is a useful resource list on this site)

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