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

	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]
	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]
	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]
	PATRIOTS, ACT - http://www.mobylives.com/West_Patriot.html Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act.
	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]
	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.
	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 as FBI Extension Agents - http://www.counterpunch.com/price03062003.html Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]
	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]

	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.
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]

	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]
	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.
	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]
	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]
	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]

	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]

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

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