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Issues:

The American Association of Law Libraries Resolution on the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Measures That Infringe on the Rights of Library Users.

On April 3, 2004, the Executive Board of the American Association of Law Libraries endorsed a resolution on that organization's response to the Patriot Act and other recent governmental measures that infringe on the rights of library users and interfere with the public's access to legal information.

Democracy in the Dark: Public Access Restrictions from Westlaw and LexisNexis.  Searcher,
          vol. 11, no. 1, January 2003.

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Opportunities:

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Created: January 2003; Revised: January 5, 2012