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	Reader Privacy - http://www.readerprivacy.com/ 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.
	EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page - http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/ Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
	Library Records Post-Patriot Act - http://www.llrx.com/features/libraryrecords.htm A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange.
	The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals - http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm Annotated bibliography and review of research.
	Online NewsHour: Libraries and Liberties - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/library_6-18.html Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS]

	Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library - http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.
	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]
	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]
	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]

	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]
	Literary Groups Decry Patriot Act as Invasion of Privacy - http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0516-01.htm Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe]
	Librarians as FBI Extension Agents - http://www.counterpunch.com/price03062003.html Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]
	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.
	Library Officials to Mull Privacy - http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/s_117601.html Librarians' concerns about the Patriot Act and privacy. [The Valley Independent]

	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]
	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]
	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]
	Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/121307_shaplibcol.html Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
	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]

	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]
	Privacy and Security: A Librarian's Dilemma - http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/02/02/ED103750.DTL Editorial about library privacy laws. [San Francisco Chronicle]
	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.
	Libraries Fear Loss of Privacy as FBI Searches for Terrorists - http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=TO&Date=20030223&Category=NEWS15&ArtNo=102230078 "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]
	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.

	The USA PATRIOT Act - http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245044 Three librarians examine the act and how you librarians can protect patron privacy without breaking the law. [Library Journal]
	ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger - http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA274528 Report on a resolution passed against the act. [Library Journal]
	Patriot Act Foes Say Tide Now Turning in Their Direction - http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA316081&display=breakingNews Reviews legislation and lawsuits challenging the Patriot Act library provisions. [Publishers Weekly]
	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]

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