Document Type
Article in Response to Controversy
Abstract
The events discussed in this article by Whatcom County Library System director Joan Airoldi, describe the stand taken by Airoldi and her board of directors, defying a request, then a subpoena, for the name of a patron who checked out a particular book. This exemplary display of personal courage connects Airoldi and her colleagues to those who stood up against the Palmer raids of 1919, the Red Scare of the 1930’s, the McCarthy hearings in the early 1950’s, the COINTEL program of the 1960’s and 1970’s, the illegal wiretaps conducted after September 11, 2001, and the successful passage of the FISA amendment act to make those wiretaps legal.
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
Airoldi, Joan and Larner, Daniel
(2010)
"Privacy and Library Records, a Case Study in Whatcom County,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol5/iss2/2
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Library records--Law and legislation--United States; Data protection--Law and legislation--United States; Data protection--Law and legislation--United States; Library records--Access control--United States; Library users--United States; Library users--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Privacy, Right of--Washington (State)--Whatcom County
Geographic Coverage
United States; Whatcom County (Wash.)
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text