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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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