[WEB4LIB] RE: FBI to monitor libraries

[Jerry Kuntz]

I'm wondering if this will change any library procedures about keeping archives of their web server logs, backup tapes of their circ systems, etc....if the archiving is limited would that discourage the FBI?


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Raymond Wood <raywood at magma.ca>
Reply-To: raywood at magma.ca
Date:  Fri, 31 May 2002 06:57:21 -0700 (PDT)

>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/
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>> --
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> 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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Jerry Kuntz
Electronic Resources Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org

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