After all, she's the resident librarian so I'm sure she's probably been fighting this issue for some time.

I can't help but wonder if the librarians who're making a big issue of this aren't risking a public backlash. Is the issue of filtering software for computers that children use really that different from putting "adult" magazines and books on open racks? Most filtering software is pretty crude at best. I'm in no way advocating putting it on every computer in a library. However, I have no more objection to putting it on computers primarily used by kids than I do to putting "adult" materials out of kids' reach.

Libraries are funded by tax dollars, so they're vulnerable to public pressure. If enough people get the impression that librarians are advocating letting children have access to pornography, then libraries risk having their funding slashed. Perception is reality for many people. It doesn't matter if the perception is flawed, if enough voters get angry, they can do damage to the library system.