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Guide to Laws & Legal Responsibility Resources

See also: Guide to Library Policy Resources

General

• Basic Legal Information Terms: this handout will help library staff and patrons understand basic legal terms
• Locating Legal Information on the Web: legal resources and guidelines for what library staff can and can't do when helping patrons looking for legal information

Intellectual freedom and civil rights

• Child Online Protection Act Ruled Unconstitutional (Again) in July 2008
• Constitutional and Unconstitutional Patron Appearance and Behavior Policies
• DOPA and the Participaton Gap: Discussion of DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act)
• Intellectual Freedom Resources: a resource list and bibliography for national and Vermont-specific support
• Censorship in Schools: Learning, Speaking, and Thinking Freely: The First Amendment in Schools

Copyright and intellectual property

• Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain: a colorful and thrilling tale about copyright and intellual property issues spun out in graphic novel format
• Presentations (PPT) on copyright, developed by Dr. Rebecca Butler for the Rolling Prairie Library System, Illinois
  
  • for Academic Libraries
    
  • for Public Libraries
  • for School Libraries
  • for Special Libraries
• Handouts to accompany the presentations on copyright include a sample flow chart to determine copyright permission, sample permission letter and related URLs.
  
  • for Academic Libraries
  • for Public Libraries
  • for School Libraries
  • for Special Libraries

Rights to privacy

• Libraries as Sanctuaries for Criminals?
• Websites and Internet Resources on USA PATRIOT Act

Disabilities Act

• Businesses and the Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADA Amendments Act of 2008

Other

• Do You Really Know Who Your Bidder Is?

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