ACRL Government Relations Committee

  • 1.  Library Link of the Day

    Posted Sep 16, 2021 04:36 PM
    Greetings Colleagues. I am sharing today's Library Link of the Day, as an FYI. I know that you plan to take a retrospective look Patriot Act. - JB.
    Utah librarians talk about 9/11, the Patriot Act, and how they became privacy warriors
    The Salt Lake Tribune remove preview
    Utah librarians talk about 9/11, the Patriot Act, and how they became privacy warriors
    Within seven weeks of the terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center and hit the Pentagon in 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act into law - and librarians were in shock. "When it first hit, I think there was a lot of panic," said Wanda Mae Huffaker, public service librarian for the Salt Lake County Library.
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    [Jacquelyn] [Bryant]
    [Assistant Professor, Library]
    [Community College of Philadelphia]
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