[Tunehead54]

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and siezures shall not be violated ...

I think one can argue that your library records, as say your banking records, are "effects" within the meaning of the 4th Amendment and thus not just a "library" issue but that of the patrons as well.

[John Beresford Tipton]

"as say your banking records"

That one has been extensively litigated and it is uniformly held that those records are the business records of the bank and not the depositor.

[org.whodat]

,EM>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and siezures shall not be violated ... I think one can argue that your library records, as say your banking records, are "effects" within the meaning of the 4th Amendment and thus not just a "library" issue but that of the patrons as well.

This is BS, and I think the word, PUBLIC, means just that, the library belongs to everyone and therefore the papers are a matter of public record.