Kiss a Librarian, keeper of our privacy and guardian of our muses

[ambitious_wench]

Recently it came to my knowledge that not only is she a fabulous photographer, but jema is also a librarian. Granted she's in Sweden, but I thought she might like to know what her occupational siblings are doing here in the state.

In a move calculated to thwart what they see as an invasion of their customer's privacy, librarians in a few cities around the US are destroying records of who borrows what titles.

Librarians are on front lines against easier access to records

From the article:

"It is a ruse being used by critics to scare the public," said Mark Corallo, a department spokesman. "The idea of the FBI snooping around the library to see what John Q. Public is reading is absurd. The FBI is too busy protecting American life and liberty to have time to waste on fishing expeditions."

Oh yeah, those fear-mongering librarians.

I don't know about you, but I became scared when I found out that the government had the right to know what books I borrow, and I became soothed when I read of the librarians' actions.

Have a nice day.

Comments

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

Agreed

Not the first time

[malloc1024.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember similar attempts by the Justice Department to do this sort of thing during the Reagan Administration, although I don't have anything concrete to back me up on that at the moment.

Does it really matter anyway, weren't Americans so much safer before the Church Commission?