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» ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger
   Report on a resolution passed against the act. [Library Journal]
   http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA274528

» Checking What You Check Out
   Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine]
   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,449469,00.html

» 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]
   http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90681&page=1

» EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page
   Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
   http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/

» Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians
   Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations.
   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/1525253

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

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

» Freedom to Read / Big Brother Out of Our Libraries
   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]
   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/05/29/ED237674.DTL

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

» Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy
   Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times]
   http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/politics/12LIBR.html

» Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers
   Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times]
   http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/national/07LIBR.html

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

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

» Libraries Fear Loss of Privacy as FBI Searches for Terrorists
   "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]
   http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=TO&Date=20030223&Category=NEWS15&ArtNo=102230078

» Library Officials to Mull Privacy
   Librarians' concerns about the Patriot Act and privacy. [The Valley Independent]
   http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/s_117601.html

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

» 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]
   http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-03-04-our-view_x.htm

» Literary Groups Decry Patriot Act as Invasion of Privacy
   Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe]
   http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0516-01.htm

» No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act
   Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.
   http://librarian.net/essays/usapa_clamor.html

» Online NewsHour: Libraries and Liberties
   Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS]
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/library_6-18.html

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

» Privacy and Security: A Librarian's Dilemma
   Editorial about library privacy laws. [San Francisco Chronicle]
   http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/02/02/ED103750.DTL

» Reader Privacy
   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.
   http://www.readerprivacy.com/

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

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

» The USA PATRIOT Act
   Three librarians examine the act and how you librarians can protect patron privacy without breaking the law. [Library Journal]
   http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245044

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

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