| 词条 | Joan Airoldi |
| 释义 |
Joan Airoldi is the former director of the Whatcom County Library System in Washington State. Resisted targeting of library patron under the Patriot ActIn June 2004, with the support of staff from the Deming Library, a branch of the Whatcom County Library System, she refused to provide information requested by a visiting FBI agent regarding a patron's use of a book on Osama bin Laden. The library system informed the FBI that no information would be released without a subpoena or court order. She also led the library board to vote to fight any such subpoena in court. When that grand jury subpoena was eventually issued, the library prepared to challenge it in court, and the subpoena was quickly withdrawn. At the time, Airoldi made this statement: "Libraries are a haven where people should be able to seek whatever information they want to pursue without any threat of government intervention." AwardsAiroldi received the 2005 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award in recognition of this act.[1][2] The Deming Library staff were similarly recognized, receiving a Human Rights Award in 2005 from the Whatcom County Human Rights Task Force.[3] Notes1. ^{{Cite news| title = Deming's Defender of Words| publisher = Seattle Times| date = 21 April 2005| url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002248045_brodeur21m.html| accessdate = 14 December 2009| first=Nicole| last=Brodeur}} 2. ^PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award (2005) 3. ^Whatcom Human Rights Task Force official website External links
4 : American librarians|Living people|American librarianship and human rights|Year of birth missing (living people) |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。