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Monday, 29th August 2005

Impact and Analysis of Law Enforcement Activity in Academic and Public Libraries

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Libraries--United States--Law Enforcement Activities
Source: American Library Association
Impact and Analysis of Law Enforcement Activity in Academic and Public Libraries (PDF; 224 KB)
From press release: "The American Library Association (ALA)...released complete findings from its survey measuring law enforcement activity in America's libraries. Preliminary findings, released in June, revealed that at least 137 legally executed requests by federal and state/local law enforcement in both academic and public libraries have taken place since October, 2001 - 63 legally executed requests for records in public libraries and 74 such requests in academic libraries. The full report of survey findings includes contextual data including responses to interviews and an appendix containing the survey instrument."
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