Libraries learn how to protect patrons from Patriot Act

This Star-Ledger Story has news on a New Jersey Library Association seminar for librarians to seek guidance on how to comply with government laws while protecting their patrons’ privacy.

“If I take out a biography of Osama bin Laden, or if I buy a book on terrorism, is there somebody going to be checking this out and wondering if I’m a terrorist?” asked Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who sponsored the bill. “In a nation that prides itself on being a free nation, which prides itself on making sure you can read anything you want to read, this is a very, very bad step.”