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SOC 262: Paper Trails: Activity #3

Professor: Phi Su

Researching the topic of libraries and surveillance

Working in pairs, run searches in Google and the library search engine (on library website) to find: 

  1. Information about the 2001 Patriot Act.  
  2. Articles about the connection between the 2001 Patriot Act and US  libraries


Be ready to

  • describe what the Patriot Act is (think about crafting an elevator speech ​​​​​)
  • discuss what you learned about what  the Patriot Act meant/means for US libraries