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• EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page - Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
• Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library - PATRIOT Act awareness materials from librarian.net.
• 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.
• The Readers' Rights Project - Information and resources on the Patriot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.
• The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals - Annotated bibliography and review of research.
• No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act - Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act. (September 09, 2004)
• Why the Patriot Act Worries Booksellers - Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe] (October 08, 2003)
• Subversive Reading - Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine] (September 28, 2003)
• 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] (September 08, 2003)
• Online NewsHour: Libraries and Liberties - Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS] (June 18, 2003)
• 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] (May 29, 2003)
• Literary Groups Decry Patriot Act as Invasion of Privacy - Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe] (May 16, 2003)
• PATRIOTS, ACT - Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act. (May 12, 2003)
• Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom - Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] (May 11, 2003)
• Checking What You Check Out - Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine] (May 05, 2003)
• 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] (April 24, 2003)
• Librarians as FBI Extension Agents - Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch] (March 05, 2003)
• 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] (March 04, 2003)
• Privacy and Security: A Librarian's Dilemma - Editorial about library privacy laws. [San Francisco Chronicle] (February 02, 2003)
• 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] (December 16, 2002)
• Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy - Report on a library teleconference about dealing with new legislation. [NY Times] (December 11, 2002)
• Effects of the Patriot Act on Librarians - Slashdot article and discussion about the gag orders for FBI library investigations. (September 20, 2002)
• Library Records Post-Patriot Act - A chart of changed legal authorities, by Law Library Resource Xchange. (September 16, 2002)

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