All 50 U.S. states have some form of confidentiality legislation or opinion.
Thus, in general, circulation records are confidential, and it would be a
violation of (most) states' law to release them to anyone, (including a
parent) without a search warrant.
The ALA Code of Ethics reads: "Librarians must protect each user's right to
privacy with respect to information sought or received, and materials
consulted, borrowed, or acquired."
deg farrelly, Associate Librarian
Media/Communications Studies/Women's Studies
Arizona State University West
P.O. Box 37100
Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100
Phone: 602.543.8522
Email: deg@asu.edu
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> Topic No. 6
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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:05:35 -0500
> From: "Gregory Callahan" <gregory_callahan@hotmail.com>
> To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: Dealing with disturbing content
>
> Am I the only one who finds this library's soltution or providing the
> parents' access to the child's borrowing records a little, uh,
> problematic.
> Well, actually, I'm shocked!
>
> Greg Callahan, Hyde Park Free Library
> Hyde Park NY
>
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