search-engines-web.com writes “westernfrontonline.com reports:
After not disclosing library patrons’ privacy to the FBI, the Whatcom County Library System received the 2004 Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award.
Amory Peck, chair of the board of trustees for the library system, accepted the award at a reception in Boston Jan. 15. The award was given by faculty of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. It was given for the library’s choosing not to release subpoenaed records after a Deming library patron found hand-written text in a book quoting Osama bin Laden and contacted the FBI.
The award is presented annually to acknowledge individuals or groups who further the cause of intellectual freedom, said Marlo Weshons, assistant dean for the office of communication and publications at the University of Illinois
A History of Previous Winners“
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