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The Law | General Information | Policies | Procedures | Professional Values | USA PATRIOT Act | Youth Services Issues

The Law

Library User Records; Confidentiality. New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, Chapter 201-D:11
http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/liblaw/201-d.html#11

Court Decisions on Privacy. American Library Association (ALA), Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/courtcasesprivacy.html

General Information

Books on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom. ALA, OIF
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacybooks.html

Final Report. ALA, Library and Information Technology Association, Task Force on Privacy and Confidentiality in the Electronic Environment.
http://www.lita.org/docs/privcon/report.html

Other Privacy and Confidentiality Advocates and Resources. ALA, OIF
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacyadvocates.html

Privacy. ALA Washington Office
http://www.ala.org/washoff/privacy.html

Privacy. Karen Coyle
http://www.kcoyle.net/topiclist.html#privacy

Privacy and Confidentiality. ALA, OIF
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacy.html

Privacy Resources for Librarians, Library Users, and Families. ALA, OIF
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacyresources.html

Questions and Answers on Privacy and Confidentiality. ALA, Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC)
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacyqanda.html

September 11 Changed Our World; Has It Changed Our Libraries? Illinois State Library, Satellite Teleconference, February 13, 2002
http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/library/isl/training/video.html#old

Policies

Policy Concerning Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information about Library Users. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/pol_user.html

Policy on Confidentiality of Library Records. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/pol_conf.html

Procedures

Open Records Requests Seeking Information Concerning Complaints About Patrons Accessing "Inappropriate" Material on Public Library Internet Terminals. Memorandum, Jenner & Block to Freedom to Read Foundation, May 12, 1999
http://www.ftrf.org/foiamem.html

Privacy and Library Systems. Karen Coyle, Outline of talk for Illinois State Library program on "Library Privacy After 9/11, February 2002
http://www.kcoyle.net/il2002.html

Suggested Procedures for Implementing Policy on Confidentiality of Library Records. ALA, IFC
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/sugpolcn.html

Professional Values

Code of Ethics. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ethics.html
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.

Draft Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights on Privacy. ALA, IFC
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/draftprivacyinterpretation.html

Draft Principles for the Networked World. ALA, Office for Information Technology Policy
http://www.ala.org/oitp/pubdraft.pdf

The Freedom to Read Statement. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/freeread.html

The Freedom to View Statement. ALA

http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/freedomtoview.html
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.

Libraries: An American Value. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/lib_val.html
We protect each individual's privacy and confidentiality in the use of library resources and services.

Library Bill of Rights. ALA
http://www.ala.org/work/freedom/lbr.html

Library Community Statement on Freedom of Speech and Access to Information. American Association of Law Libraries, et al, Sept. 20, 2001
http://www.ala.org/washoff/FreedomofSpeech9.pdf

USA PATRIOT Act

Alert: USA PATRIOT Act. ALA, OIF
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/alertusapatriotact.html

Guidelines for Librarians on the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act: What to Do Before, During and After a "Knock on the Door?" ALA Washington Office
http://www.ala.org/washoff/patstep.pdf

Libraries and the Patriot Legislation. ALA Washington Office
http://www.ala.org/washoff/patriot.html

The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals. Mary Minow, Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC, February 15, 2002
This discussion is in the context of the state of California's confidentiality law, which bars libraries from disclosing patron registration and circulation records. New Hampshire's confidentiality law bars libraries from disclosing library user records in general.
http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: Selected Information Sources on the Recently Enacted Anti-Terrorism Legislation. ALA Washington Office
http://www.ala.org/washoff/patbiblio.pdf

Youth Services Issues

Access for Children and Young People to Videotapes and Other Nonprint Formats: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights. American Library Association (ALA).
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/acc_chil.html

Free Access to Libraries for Minors: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights. ALA
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/free_min.html

For further information on Youth Services Issues, please contact

Ann Hoey
Youth Services Coordinator
Library Development Services Section
New Hampshire State Library
1-800-499-1232 x4/603-271-2865
603-271-6826 (fax)
ahoey@library.state.nh.us

 
 
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