Documenting and analyzing the FBI's surveillance of libraries, this volume traces the recent history of the Library Awareness Program, the media and congressional response to the program and professional and legislative moves that have been taken to safeguard library confidentiality.

Includes index.

Introduction -- 1. Library Surveillance -- 2. The FBI in Libraries: Analysis, Survey, and Prognosis -- 3. The Role of Librarians in Library Surveillance -- 4. The Law and Library Surveillance -- Selected Bibliography -- Index,