more on someone needs their heads fixed .. Rural Montana librarian a threat to national security

Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike Paulsen <mpaulsen <at> charterinternet.com>
Date: January 13, 2007 6:39:06 PM EST
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] someone needs their heads fixed .. Rural Montana  
librarian a threat to national security
Reply-To: mpaulsen <at> charterinternet.com

Dave,

I haven't seen any updates to the original story here on IP.

The Reference Librarian at the Billings library has given permission  
for this to be posted to IP. I have removed her name, phone number,  
and email address. The original is available upon your request.

> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:19:09 -0700
> From: refdesk <[redacted]@billings.lib.mt.us>
> To:  mpaulsen <at> charterinternet.com
>
> The story is not true; there was no letter, and we do not have a  
> 'Watch
> List' at the Parmly Billings Library.  We have talked with the  
> librarian
> in Joliet, and the author of the blog misunderstood a conversation the
> librarian was having with another patron.  They were talking in  
> general
> about banning books and the Patriot Act.  Unfortunately, the
> misunderstanding has taken on a life of it's own.  If you have any  
> other
> questions, please email us at [redacted]@billings.lib.mt.us or call  
> us at
> (406)657-[redacted].  Thank you for inquiring.
> [redacted]
> Reference Librarian
> Parmly Billings Library
> 510 North Broadway
> Billings, MT 59101
> 406-657-[redacted]
> www.billings.lib.mt.us

David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk <at> gsp.org>
> Date: January 10, 2007 6:01:12 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave <at> farber.net>, Richard Forno  
> <rforno <at> infowarrior.org>
> Subject: Rural Montana librarian a threat to national security
>     Libraries are dangerous places
>     http://janellen.blogspot.com/2007/01/libraries-are-dangerous- 
> places.html Excerpt:
>     I learned today that she had recently submitted a request for a
>     patron, ordering books from the large library in Billings. Being
>     a tiny library, this is routine; she does this every week-- for
>     folks who want to read items that aren't available, or maybe
>     for kids who need something for a school report. She submits
>     the order, the books come back, everyone is happy.
>     Not this time.
>     This time, she received these books; but they came with a letter
>     informing her that because she had ordered them, she had been
>     placed on a "Watch List." Pursuant to recent policy, with due
>     respect for concerns with the requirements of the Patriot Act,
>     she will have to appear in person in Billings before she will
>     be permitted to order any more books.
> My suggestion is that every librarian in every library in the
> United States request a copy of these books (even if they already  
> have one).
> ---Rsk

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