[Peace-discuss] Patriot Act again

[Alfred Kagan]

Here is some more related to the Patriot Act.

Privacy: The Campaign for Reader Privacy

The Campaign for Reader Privacy is a joint initiative of the American 
Booksellers Association, PEN American Center, the American Library 
Association, and the Association of American Publishers.  It is a 
collaborative effort to raise awareness about the USA PATRIOT Act, and 
the threat it poses to reader privacy by making it easier for federal 
agents to gain access to bookstore, library and publisher records.  The 
Campaign for Reader Privacy is collecting signatures on its online 
petition at www.readerprivacy.com to support legislative efforts to 
amend the USA PATRIOT Act to restore traditional reader privacy 
protections.

Reader Privacy bookmarks are available at the ALA Store, the OIF 
exhibit booth, and the ALA Office area – free of charge in packets of 
250, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Using public transportation to get around Chicago?  Watch for the 
Reader Privacy public awareness campaign on the Chicago Transit 
Authority “el” trains.  The Red (to Wrigley Field and beyond) and Blue 
lines (to O’Hare) will feature posters asking “Is someone reading over 
your shoulder?”  -- plus information about the campaign and the USA 
PATRIOT Act.

		Want more information?

Monday, June 27, 10:30am-noon, Sheraton, Chicago BR IX-X, -- 
“Protecting Anonymity on the Internet,” sponsored by the ALA 
Intellectual Freedom Committee and ALA Committee on Legislation.  
Speakers include Franklin S. Reeder (The Reeder Group) and Paul Alan 
Levy (Public Citizen Litigation Group).  Learn who is trying to prevent 
anonymity on the Internet and why, why anonymity is important, and how 
to protect yours.




Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

tel. 217-333-6519
fax 217-333-2214
akagan at uiuc.edu
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