[WEB4LIB] RE: FBI to monitor libraries

[Mary Beth Faccioli]

Actually, your profession does not hold you to
breaking the law.  In the wake of 9/11 ALA came out
encouraging libraries to know their local laws
regarding these issues so we could all comply
appropriately.  If only the issue was as black and
white as it sounds in this thread...  (I feel like
this is libref suddenly)

Mary Beth Faccioli
Georgia State University Pullen Library

--- "Andrew K. Pace" <andrew_pace at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 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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