1. More Patriot Act Protests at PLs.
- Author
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Oder, Norman
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NATIONAL security , *LIBRARY records , *LIBRARY users , *PUBLIC demonstrations ,LONGMONT Public Library (Longmont, Colo.) - Abstract
Reports that members of the Longmont Citizens for Justice and Democracy in Colorado organized a 'subversive book checkout' at the Longmont Public Library in a protest against the USA PATRIOT Act. Details of the Act, which gives the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation powers to investigate library patrons' reading and web surfing records; 'Subversive books' that the protestors took out, including a guidebook to nuclear reactors; Number of people who participated in the march; Actions of library staff at the Santa Cruz Public Library in California in response to the Patriot Act.
- Published
- 2003