Washington Library Tested by Patriot Act
As part of NPR’s coverage of the Patriot Act (currently up for renewal in Congress), Larry Abramson reports on the ethical tensions placed on librarians to reveal patron’s circulation records.
And speaking of patron privacy, the Naperville public library has made a questionable deal with U.S. Biometrics Corporation to install fingerprint scanners on computers.
Chicago Tribune: Library card? Check. Fingerprint? Really?
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