[WEB4LIB] RE: FBI to monitor libraries

[Raymond Wood]

Hear, hear...

Cheers,
Raymond

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 06:47:44AM -0700, Andrew K. Pace remarked:
> ALA Code of Ethics
> III.
> We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with
> respect to information sought or received and resources consulted,
> borrowed, acquired or transmitted.
> 
> I don't care much about what any court has said.  This is what my profession
> holds me to.
> *Anyone* should have a reasonable expectation of privacy for *anything* they do
> in a library.
> We should know this in our sleep,
> Andrew
> 
> "Cantona, Eric" wrote:
> 
> > I don't know of a single case in which the Supreme Court (or lower) has
> > ruled that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the use of a
> > public computer.
> >
> > Anyone else?
> > EC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew K. Pace [mailto:andrew_pace at ncsu.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 3:27 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] FBI to monitor libraries
> >
> > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020530/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe
> > /fbi_reorganizing_40
> >
> > Interesting that we have been on a thread of OPAC logs.  Is everyone ready
> > to turn those logs over to the FBI?  Better get the web logs, proxy, and
> > patron records out while we're at it.  Is there a patron field or web
> > server log delineation for "foreigner?"  It's always refreshing to see
> > professional ethics described as "bureaucratic restrictions."
> >
> > That was sarcasm, just in case anyone has mistaken my ethical concern for
> > sympathy with Mr. Ashcroft's new plans ;)
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Andrew K. Pace, M.S.L.S.
> > Head, Systems ~ NCSU Libraries
> > North Carolina State University ~ Raleigh, NC
> > andrew_pace at ncsu.edu ~ 919-515-3087
> > http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/pace/
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Andrew K. Pace, M.S.L.S.
> Head, Systems ~ NCSU Libraries
> North Carolina State University ~ Raleigh, NC
> andrew_pace at ncsu.edu ~ 919-515-3087
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/pace/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> 
> 

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