Browsing by Author "Archer, J. Douglas"

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    Intellectual Freedom Since 9/11: The USA Patriot Act, Etc. and Indiana Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2002) Archer, J. Douglas
    Within six weeks of the horrendous events of September 11, 2001, a mere blink of the eye in the usual legislative process, Congress passed and the President signed into law, Public Law 107-56, the “Uniting and Protecting America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act” also know as the “USA PATRIOT Act” or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001.” It received bi-partisan support and near unanimous approval in both the United States House and Senate. It is 132 pages long and amends approximately fifteen sections of the United States Code.
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    Liberty, Security, and Indiana Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Archer, J. Douglas
    Until recently, most library literature on intellectual freedom and censorship focused on external efforts to restrict access to materials already owned or made accessible by libraries. With 9/11 and the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, the defense of patron privacy and the confidentiality of patron records, long a growing concern, has jumped to the fore. Self-censorship by citizens afraid to exercise their freedom to read out of fear that someone may uncover their reading habits and subject them to social or state sanctions has become a major issue. ("Read" is used throughout this essay for "read, view, listen to, or access.") In legal terms such fears exert a "chilling effect" on the exercise of First Amendment liberties.
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    Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies and Indiana Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Archer, J. Douglas
    Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies (hereafter referred to simply as peace studies) is one of the younger academic disciplines having its origins in the aftermath of World War II. And, believe it or not, it has many of its roots right here in Indiana. In 1948 Manchester College pioneered the first undergraduate peace studies program in America followed closely by Goshen and Earlham Colleges. These three programs now cooperate in the Lily-funded Plowshares project. (Details of this innovative initiative are available at its website http://www.plowsharesproject.org/) Indiana is such a magnet for peace studies as a discipline and profession that both the Peace and Justice Studies Association and the Historic Peace Church conferences were held in Goshen and Indianapolis respectively in 2005.
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    An RFID Primer and Intellectual Freedom Caution
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Archer, J. Douglas
    RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is here. RFID commonly refers to both a system of identifying unique individual items via radio signals and to the tags that are attached to or embedded in those items. Whether pronounced as “are-fids” or spelled out as “R-F-I-Ds,” the system and its tags are appearing throughout society – including Indiana libraries. The Mooresville and Speedway Public Libraries are just two examples of recent installations.