Directory of USA PATRIOT Act Resources

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Sites with information and commentary about the USA PATRIOT Act's effects on libraries and bookstores.

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• ALA - USA Patriot Act Analyses

  http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=ifissues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=76286
  LibGuide for the effect of the Patriot Act on library use regarding intellectual freedom, freedom of speech, privacy and the freedom to read. From the American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom.

• Defending the Right Right to Read

  http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90681&page=1
  Bookstores and libraries are taking steps to protect their clients from what they say is a dangerously snooping government. [ABC News]

• Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians

  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1525253
  Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations.

• EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page

  http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/
  Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

• FBI's Reading List Worries Librarians

  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-12-16-librarians-usat_x.htm
  "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]

• Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library

  http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html
  PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.

• Librarians are on Front Lines Against Easier Access to Records

  http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/08/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]

• Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom

  http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Librarians-heroes-in-war-to-save-freedom-1114373.php
  Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

• Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/politics/12LIBR.html
  Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times]

• Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers

  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/national/07LIBR.html
  Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times]

• Library Restrictions Borrow from Colonial-Era Abuses

  http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-03-04-our-view_x.htm
  Editorial comparing the colonial British suppression of media with the FBI's current powers to spy on readers. [USA Today]

• No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act

  http://librarian.net/essays/usapa_clamor.html
  Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.

• PATRIOTS, ACT

  http://www.mobylives.com/West_Patriot.html
  Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act.

• Subversive Reading

  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/magazine/WLN104134.html
  Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine]

• The Readers' Rights Project

  http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/proj_readers.html
  Information and resources on the Patriot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.

• Why the Patriot Act Worries Booksellers

  http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/08/why_the_patriot_act_worries_booksellers/
  Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe]

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