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| 8:45 - 9:00 am |
Registration and coffee, William Pitt
Union Assembly Room |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am |
Welcome and Introduction to USA PATRIOT Act Policies,
Dr. Carrie Gardner, Session Moderator |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
Technology Issues: Questions Librarians Need to Answer
(Speaker TBA) |
| 10:00 - 11:15 am |
Personal Rights and Library Obligations presented
by Mary Minow*, J.D., A.M.L.S |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Working Groups to Discuss Issues and Write Policies
According to Type of Library |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm |
Working Lunch (lunch provided by sponsoring institutions) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Open Forum/Reports of Working Groups, Future Directions--Where
Do We Go From Here? |
| 2:00 pm |
Adjourn |
All costs including lunch and materials are generously
underwritten by sponsoring institutions.
Mary Minow (J.D., Stanford, A.M.L.S., Michigan) is an
attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library
trustee. Her areas of expertise include library law-the
combined study of First Amendment, Copyright, Local Government
Law, Disability Law, and Negotiations. She has been researching
and writing about the USA PATRIOT Act since it was passed
by Congress in 2001.
Dr. Carrie Gardner (Ph.D., MLIS Pittsburgh) has been involved
with the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee since 1995
and has served as Chair and Newsletter Editor of the ALA
Intellectual Freedom Round Table, AASL Intellectual Freedom
Committee, AASL SIRS/AASL Intellectual Freedom Award Committee,
ALSC Intellectual Freedom Committee, and PSLA Intellectual
Freedom Committee.
Policies need to be written to provide library staff and
library users with a clear understanding of their personal
rights and legal obligations. A USA PATRIOT Act Summit
will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at the University
of Pittsburgh from 9 am - 2 pm to learn about the implications
on all types of libraries.
FROM THE ALA Web site http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotact.html
On October 25, 2001, Congress passed the "Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act" (USA
PATRIOT Act.) This law broadly expands the powers of federal
law enforcement agencies investigating cases involving
foreign intelligence and international terrorism. The new
legislation amends the laws governing the Federal Bureau
of Investigation's access to business records. One provision
orders any person or institution served with a search warrant
not to disclose that such a warrant has been served or
that records have been produced pursuant to the warrant.
The existence of this provision does not mean that libraries
and librarians served with such a search warrant cannot
ask to consult with their legal counsel concerning the
warrant. A library and its employees can still seek legal
advice concerning the warrant and request that the library's
legal counsel be present during the actual search provided
for by the warrant. |
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