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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>FYI, Kent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:blue'>Kent Oliver, Executive Director <br>Stark County District Library <br>715 Market Ave., N., Canton, OH 44702 <br>W: 330 458 2710 FAX: 330 455 9596 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='color:blue'>"Inspiring Ideas, Enriching Lives, Creating Community"<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'><img width=80 height=81 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC407C.B7EBFB80" alt="medal_home[1]"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:black'>Named as one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries.</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>This communication is a confidential and proprietary communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated recipient(s). If this communication is received in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>July 6, 2011</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>For More Information, Contact:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Melissa Figueroa (916) 651-4011 <a href="mailto:melissa.figueroa@sen.ca.gov">melissa.figueroa@sen.ca.gov</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>LIBRARY PRIVACY PROTECTIONS GO TO GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL</b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b> </b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><b><i>SACRAMENTO – </i></b>The California Legislature has approved Senate Bill 445 by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) to provide 21<sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>st</span></sup> century privacy protections for California library patrons. <span style='color:black'>California’s library privacy laws were created before the use of the Internet. As a result, an individual’s interaction with the library outside of the typical library book circulation is not protected under current law. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Existing law provides limited privacy protection for “registration and circulation” records, but is largely silent on privacy protection for the many online interactions a patron has at or through their public libraries, including items such as:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Email or text based communications with a librarian or library staff; <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Online courses; <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Computer research; and, <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Online records of items checked out. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>“This simple change ensures that the more than a million Californians who use our public libraries every day will have their personal information protected,” said Simitian. “People use libraries to research sensitive and personal topics; their privacy shouldn’t be compromised.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'> The change in law was suggested by one of Simitian’s constituents through Simitian’s annual “There Oughta Be A Law” contest. Cupertino resident and library law consultant Mary Minow submitted her winning entry after attending one of Senator Simitian’s Town Hall meetings. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'> “</span>This bill is a much needed update for library users in California,” said Minow. “The existing law only protected our registration and circulation records. In today's world, we email, text, and chat with librarians online. Library users don't expect that to be part of the public record. I'm delighted that a step for privacy has been made for library patrons in the digital world.<span style='color:black'>”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'> Senate Bill 445 makes a small but necessary change in state law to ensure that all patron use records are protected equally, and can be disclosed only to the appropriate parties. The California Library Association and its members expressed support of the bill, indicating that change was needed.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'> “It has become difficult to fit today’s online communications methods used by libraries and their patrons into the existing law. The new language will ensure library users that records of their communications and transactions with their library will remain private and confidential,” said San Jose Public Library Director, Jane Light.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'> </span>“California has been on the leading edge of privacy legislation for decades. This bill brings an important law into the 21st century. Libraries offer electronic connections to a multitude of invaluable online resources. People who use libraries to access such online resources deserve the same confidentiality they obtain when using the more traditional library resources,” said Beth Givens Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a non-profit agency dedicated to consumer advocacy. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'>For more information on Senator Simitian’s “There Oughta Be A Law” contest or Senate Bill 445 visit <a href="http://www.senatorsimitian.com/">www.senatorsimitian.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='text-align:justify'> <br><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>Carol Simmons, Executive Director</span></em><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>California Library Association</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>2471 Flores Street</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>San Mateo, CA 94403</span></em><br></span></i><a href="mailto:csimmons@cla-net.org"><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>csimmons@cla-net.org</span></em></a><em> </em><i><br></i><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>650-376-0886 (ph)</span></em><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>650-539-2341 (fax)</span></em><br></span></i><a href="http://www.cla-net.org/"><em><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:purple'>www.cla-net.org</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From your <a href="http://www.cla-net.org/">member </a>profile you can renew your membership, opt out of CLA communications, as well as register for upcoming events. 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