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• - Coverage and discussion of Boulder Public Library patrons' records being purged. [The Denver Post]
  
• - PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.
  
• - "Signs to be posted at library branches in Santa Cruz County and on the library Web site will inform people that records of books and other materials borrowed from the library may be obtained by federal agents." [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
  
• - Community discussion on the federal law. [Elk Grove Times]
  
• - Three librarians examine the act and how you librarians can protect patron privacy without breaking the law. [Library Journal]
  
• - Commentary by United States Representative Bernie Sanders, in favor of the Freedom to Read Protection Act. [Los Angeles Times]
  
• - Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times]
  
• - Transcript of a speech commenting on the Patriot Act's police powers.
  
• - Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe]
  
• - Reviews librarians' concerns with the gag order provision in the act. [Buffalo News]
  
• - Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times]
  
• - Short report on the FBI seeking access to library patrons' records. [Sauk Valley Newspapers]
  
• - "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]
  
• - "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]
  
• - Commentary on an FBI presence in a public library. [Metro Pulse]
  
• - The ACLU is seeking a librarian willing to violate the act's gag order. [Newsweek]
  
• - Reviews the Patriot Act's rules for the FBI obtaining records from bookstores and libraries. [The Village Voice]
  
• - 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]
  
• - Report on a resolution passed against the act. [Library Journal]
  
• - Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
  
• - Editorial on the Patriot Act's library provisions. [Detroit Free Press]
  
• - Reviews librarians protesting the Act. [The Wall Street Journal]
  
• - Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.
  
• - "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]
  
• - Covers new library procedures and policies regarding requests from authorities, with some analysis. [The Sacramento Bee]
  
• - "Concerns about privacy prompt some to warn patrons, destroy records of book and computer use." [Washington Post]
  
• - Reviews warning signs at libraries about the Patriot Act. [Chicago Tribune]
  
• - Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine]
  
• - "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]
  
• - Librarians' concerns about the Patriot Act and privacy. [The Valley Independent]
  
• - Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]
  
• - Reviews legislation and lawsuits challenging the Patriot Act library provisions. [Publishers Weekly]
  
• - Statement of concern from the Freedom to Read Committee of the Association of American Publishers.
  
• - Information on the act and library records. [The Western Front]
  
• - Bookstores and libraries are taking steps to protect their clients from what they say is a dangerously snooping government. [ABC News]
  
• - "Attorney General John Ashcroft defended the Justice Department's search of library records under the USA Patriot Act, telling lawmakers the process safeguards individual privacy." [Federal Computer Week]
  
• - Information on Rep. Bernard Sanders proposed Freedom to Read Protection Act. [Brattleboro Reformer]
  
• - Information and resources on the Partiot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.
  
• - Editorial about library privacy laws. [San Francisco Chronicle]
  
• - Interviews with library workers about procedures for dealing with requests from authorities. [The Modesto Bee]
  
• - Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe]
  
• - Annotated bibliography and review of research.
  
• - Report from a New Jersey Library Association about government laws and library privacy. [The Star-Ledger]
  
• - Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act.
  
• - Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine]
  
• - A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange.
  
• - Report from the Boise State University library. [Arbiter Online]
  
• - 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.
  
• - Editorial comparing the colonial British suppression of media with the FBI's current powers to spy on readers. [USA Today]
  
• - Review of issues. [New Jersey Law Journal]
  
• - Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
  
• - Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS]
  
• - Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations.
  
• - "Local library officials are concerned the new U.S. Patriot Act may infringe on library patrons' right to privacy." [Libertyville Review]