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» EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page - Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.




» Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library - PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.




» Reader Privacy - Details the impact of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act on reader privacy, and provides methods to protest to Congress plus an on-line petition.




» The Readers' Rights Project - Information and resources on the Partiot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.




» The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals - Annotated bibliography and review of research.




» No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act - Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act. (September 9, 2004)




» Why the Patriot Act Worries Booksellers - Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe] (October 8, 2003)




» Subversive Reading - Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine] (September 28, 2003)




» Librarians are on Front Lines Against Easier Access to Records - "The public library in Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, has adopted one of the country's most aggressive policies to keep circulation records private." [The Boston Globe] (September 8, 2003)




» Patriot Act Foes Say Tide Now Turning in Their Direction - Reviews legislation and lawsuits challenging the Patriot Act library provisions. [Publishers Weekly] (August 11, 2003)




» Online NewsHour: Libraries and Liberties - Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS] (June 18, 2003)




» Freedom to Read / Big Brother Out of Our Libraries - Opinion piece against the act, concluding that "we run the risk of letting the terrorists claim victory by allowing their attacks to chip away at our constitutional rights." [San Francisco Chronicle] (May 29, 2003)




» Literary Groups Decry Patriot Act as Invasion of Privacy - Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe] (May 16, 2003)




» PATRIOTS, ACT - Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act. (May 12, 2003)




» Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom - Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] (May 11, 2003)




» Checking What You Check Out - Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine] (May 5, 2003)




» Defending the Right Right to Read - Bookstores and libraries are taking steps to protect their clients from what they say is a dangerously snooping government. [ABC News] (April 24, 2003)




» Librarians Make Some Noise Over Patriot Act - "Concerns about privacy prompt some to warn patrons, destroy records of book and computer use." [Washington Post] (April 10, 2003)




» Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers - Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times] (April 4, 2003)




» Librarians as FBI Extension Agents - Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch] (March 5, 2003)




» Library Restrictions Borrow from Colonial-Era Abuses - Editorial comparing the colonial British suppression of media with the FBI's current powers to spy on readers. [USA Today] (March 4, 2003)




» Libraries Fear Loss of Privacy as FBI Searches for Terrorists - "Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, librarians across America have been waging their own struggle against what they regard as an attack on sacred ground: government intrusion into their patrons' reading records." [The Toledo Blade] (February 23, 2003)




» Library Officials to Mull Privacy - Librarians' concerns about the Patriot Act and privacy. [The Valley Independent] (February 10, 2003)




» ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger - Report on a resolution passed against the act. [Library Journal] (February 3, 2003)




» Privacy and Security: A Librarian's Dilemma - Editorial about library privacy laws. [San Francisco Chronicle] (February 2, 2003)




» FBI's Reading List Worries Librarians - "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." [USA Today] (December 16, 2002)




» Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy - Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times] (December 11, 2002)




» The USA PATRIOT Act - Three librarians examine the act and how you librarians can protect patron privacy without breaking the law. [Library Journal] (October 1, 2002)




» Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians - Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations. (September 20, 2002)




» Library Records Post-Patriot Act - A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange. (September 16, 2002)