The ALA Policy Manual includes brief statements of policies adopted by the ALA Council. Below you will find a link to the Policy Manual and a list of the sections that address privacy:
- ALA Policy Manual
- B.1.1 Core Values of Librarianship
- B.1.2 Code of Professional Ethics for Librarians
- B.1.3 Core Competencies of Librarianship
- B.2.1.13 Universal Right to Free Expression
- B.2.1.17 Privacy
- B.2.9 Libraries: An American Value
- B.2.11 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Privacy Principles
- B.4.6.1 Principles for the Networked World
- B.4.6.2 Principles for Digitized Content
- B.5.6 Federal Legislative Policy
- B.8.5.1 The Rights of Library Users and the USA PATRIOT Act
- B.8.5.4 Retention of Library Records