The USA PATRIOT Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and Information Policy Research in Libraries: Issues, Impacts, and Questions for Libraries and Researchers

Autor/inn/en	Jaeger, Paul T.; McClure, Charles R.; Bertot, John Carlo; Snead, John T.
Titel	The USA PATRIOT Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and Information Policy Research in Libraries: Issues, Impacts, and Questions for Libraries and Researchers
Quelle	In: Library Quarterly, 74 (2004) 2, S.99-121 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0024-2519
DOI	10.1086/382843
Schlagwörter	Federal Government; Intelligence; Investigations; Context Effect; Libraries; Researchers; Library Services; Library Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesregierung; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Untersuchung; Library; Bibliothek; Researcher; Forscher; Bibliotheksarbeit
Abstract	While the USA PATRIOT Act has altered how certain types of federal intelligence investigations affect libraries, the act also greatly alters how researchers can study information policy issues related to libraries. To date, the gravity and scope of the act's implications for researchers of library services, resources, operations, and policies have not been discussed widely. Researchers now must account for questions they cannot ask, or may not be able to ask, during the course of information policy research related to libraries. This article examines how the multiple impacts of the USA PATRIOT Act on libraries extend to researchers of library services, resources, operations, and policies, placing the current situation in historical context. These limitations, in turn, affect all libraries, as the findings of information policy research often have serious implications for the functions of libraries. This article discusses the myriad issues and research questions created by the USA PATRIOT Act for researchers, as well as the potential implications of these questions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10