Sites with information and commentary about the USA PATRIOT Act's effects on libraries and bookstores.
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- Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.
- Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations.
- 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]
- Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times]
- 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]
- The Readers' Rights Project Information and resources on the Patriot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.
- EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
- Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times]
- PATRIOTS, ACT Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act.
- 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]
- Subversive Reading Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine]
- Why the Patriot Act Worries Booksellers Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe]
- No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.
- 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]
- ALA - USA Patriot Act Analyses 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.
- Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]