The ways in which libraries led the resistance to the Patriot Act, which culminated in the Doe v. Gonzales case, was one of the primary reasons I became a librarian. It remains a motivating factor in my work on intellectual freedom.
Reposted from Jennifer Goodland
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.

We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.

ALSO.

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