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Ketzie DiazPortfolio 2LIB 202
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The purpose of alibrary is to providefree and easy
access toinformation, ideas,books andtechnology that
enrich, educate,and empower everyindividual1 in thecommunity it serves
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Libraries abide by the American LibrariesAssociations Bill of Rights.
The American Library Association affirmsthat all libraries are forums for informationand ideas, and that following basicpolicies should guide their services2.
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Privacy is essential to the exercise of freespeech, free thought, and free
association. The American Library Association affirms
that rights of privacy are necessary forintellectual freedom and arefundamental to the ethics and practiceof librarianship3.
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September 11, 2001
19 men of the Al Qaeda cell hijack four
airplanes and fly the planes into the WorldTrade Center and Pentagon, killing almost3,000 civilians and military.
September 18, 2001
President George Bush is given constitutionalauthority by Congress to prevent acts ofinternational terrorism against the UnitedStates4.
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October 24, 2003 Two senators introduce the SAFE Act, an attempt
to reduce some of the search powers given to
the government in the Patriot Act. January 22, 2004
In the case Humanitarian Law Project vs. JohnAshcroft, a, order is issued to strike down two
sections, 805 and 810, as void for vagueness4
. January 30, 2004
President Bush announces he will veto the SAFEAct if it ever reaches his desk.
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FBI can seize and view library recordswithout the knowledge of the patronsaccording to Section 215 of the PatriotAct The FBI obtains the order from a secret court
FBI does not have to demonstrate probablecause
Can obtain the records without informingpatrons at all
Libraries must comply with law enforcementand cannot inform patrons
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the American Library Associationopposes any use of governmental power
to suppress the free and open exchangeof knowledge and information or tointimidate individuals exercising freeinquiry.5
What does this mean?
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It is implied that youshould watch what youare reading because so isthe FBI
This kind if intimidation iscontrolling what we readand how we think
This is a direct violation ofthe First Amendment andwhy the ALA does notsupport the USA Patriot
Act
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The right to think is the beginning offreedom, and speech must be
protected from the governmentbecause speech is the beginning ofthought.
-Supreme Court Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy6
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