The FBI's Library Awareness Program: National Security vs Government Intrusion into American Libraries [and] The KGB and the Library Target.

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ERIC Number: EJ399470

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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The FBI's Library Awareness Program: National Security vs Government Intrusion into American Libraries [and] The KGB and the Library Target.

Information Reports and Bibliographies, v17 n6 p2-27 1988

Presents statements made to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the library community concerning the surveillance of library users' reading habits as a national security measure. An FBI study on the extent of Soviet intelligence service's utilization of America's specialized scientific and technical libraries is also provided. (CLB)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Federal Government, Government Role, Hearings, Intellectual Freedom, Library Personnel, Library Role, National Security, Privacy, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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