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Spring 2009 Question 3
Libraries are being asked by the FBI and other Federal agencies to divulge information about the reading habits and Internet use of library clients whom the FBI suspects of being "terrorists." What kind of problems does this raise for libraries? What would be a good "privacy policy" for library records? Select a type of library or information agency (e.g., academic, public, school media center, special, other) and describe the key elements of a privacy policy regarding client information from the agency’s perspective. First identify the principles that you would consider in drafting such a policy, and then identify the sources that you might draw upon in doing so. For example, the ALA Code of Ethics.