PATRIOT Act
- FBI in Your Library (from the American Library Association)
- USA PATRIOT Act and Intellectual Freedom (from the American Library Association)
- Library Records Post-PATRIOT Act (from LLRX.com)
- Sample of Search Warrant Procedures for Libraries (from LLRX.com)
- Sample Privacy Policy (Word document - from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction)
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
- FAQ on E-rate Compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction)
- CIPA (from the American Library Association)
Copyright
- Know Your Copyrights (from the Association of Research Libraries)
- Copyright Clearance Center
- American Library Association Office for Information Technology
- Copyright Digital Slider (select a date and applicable circumstances to find out if a work is protected by copyright)
- Copyright Genie (Helping you find out if a work is covered by U.S. copyright and calculating its terms of protection)
- Fair Use Evaluator (Designed to help you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code)
- Section 108 Spinner (this section of the U.S. Copyright Code allows libraries and archives, under certain circumstances, to make reproductions of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright holder)
- Exceptions for Instructors eTool (Use this free online tool to find out if your intended use meets the exceptions set out in the law)
- Copyright notice for photocopiers and other reproducing equipment
- The Copyright Website LLC
- Copyright Crash Course (from the University of Texas Libraries)
- United States Copyright Office
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