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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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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. |
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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] |
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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] |
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Checking What You Check Out - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,449469,00.html
Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine] |
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Librarians Make Some Noise Over Patriot Act - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A1481-2003Apr9
"Concerns about privacy prompt some to warn patrons, destroy records of book and computer use." [Washington Post] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Freedom to Read / Big Brother Out of Our Libraries - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/05/29/ED237674.DTL
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] |
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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] |