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PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.
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Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library [plus one]
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Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations.
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Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians -- article related to Privacy and Your Rights Online.
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Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians
on Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:56 PM
from the fbi-in-your-library dept.
writes "The Patriot Act apears to have some chilling effects with respect to libraries and booksellers. An FBI agent can get a warrant, without any
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A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange.
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Library Records Post-Patriot Act (Federal Law) By Mary Minow*
Features - Library Records Post-Patriot Act (Federal Law)
, Published on September 16, 2002
is an attorney, a former librarian and library trustee, and a library law
has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science.
She received her B.A. from Brown University,
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Annotated bibliography and review of research.
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The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals By Mary Minow
Features - The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals
, Published on February 15, 2002
She is currently writing a book on library law for the American Library
Association with Tomas Lipinski. This librarylaw.com column is not intended
to replace legal advice. For a
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[USA Today]
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Posted 12/16/2002 8:49 PM
FBI's reading list worries librarians By Martin Kasindorf, USA TODAY
At New York City's Queens Borough Public Library, director Gary Strong is an uneasy draftee on the front line of the war on terrorism.
New surveillance laws that have made it easier for FBI agents to
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Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times]
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Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy
Published: Thursday, December 12, 2002
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 ? Concerned about how federal access to their records would undermine readers' privacy, thousands of librarians gathered today around the country to hear televised advice about how to
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Librarians' concerns about the Patriot Act and privacy. [The Valley Independent]
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The USA Patriot Act is at the crux of local librarians' concerns. Passed less than two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the law allows federal law enforcement officials access to electronic information previously considered to be private.
Library officials to mull privacy
, For the Valley Independent
Monday, February 10, 2003
Librarians have a tradition of protecting their patrons' right to know, read or access whatever book or document they choose and the right to do so privately.
But a federal counter-terrorism law conflicts
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[The Toledo Blade]
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Article published February 23, 2003
Libraries fear loss of privacy as FBI searches for terrorists
Margaret Danziger, Toledo-Lucas County library's deputy director, says libraries are careful to guard readers' privacy.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, librarians across America have been
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Editorial comparing the colonial British suppression of media with the FBI's current powers to spy on readers. [USA Today]
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Posted 3/4/2003 9:01 PM Updated 3/4/2003 9:10 PM
Library restrictions borrow from colonial-era abuses In colonial America, British officials routinely suppressed newspapers and censored books. Troops barged into homes and seized suspicious materials. Their justification: preserving law and order.
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Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]
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America's Best Political Newsletter.
T he FBI is back in our libraries, and librarians
and their professional associations are doing nothing to directly
obstruct their access to private records of what we read. As
American librarians' choose to not resist the FBI's intrusion
into our private lives this choice necessarily transforms
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