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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]

Big John Wants Your Reading List - http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0209/hentoff.php
Reviews the Patriot Act's rules for the FBI obtaining records from bookstores and libraries. [The Village Voice]

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]

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.

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]

Liberty in the Balance: Librarians Step Up - http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/liberty/story/7463163p-8405751c.html
Covers new library procedures and policies regarding requests from authorities, with some analysis. [The Sacramento Bee]

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 as FBI Extension Agents - http://www.counterpunch.com/price03062003.html
Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]

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 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]

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]

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]

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 Records Post-Patriot Act - http://www.llrx.com/features/libraryrecords.htm
A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange.

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]

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]

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.

Not in the Library! - http://metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2003/1348/t_commentary.html
Commentary on an FBI presence in a public library. [Metro Pulse]

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]

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]

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

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]

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.

Some State Libraries Purging Records - http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct03/175277.asp
"The Wisconsin Library Association has warned libraries about the new federal Patriot Act, leading some to purge circulation records to protect privacy, and others to begin warning patrons about the law's effects." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

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 Partiot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.

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]

The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals - http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm
Annotated bibliography and review of research.

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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