Beyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Libraries

Waller, Andrew2006-12-152006-12-152006Partnership : The Canadian Journal of Library Information and Practice and Research, v.1, n.1, 2006http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44181OFAC is the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the United States Department of the Treasury. OFAC governs sanctions against countries embargoed by the United States and has released rulings that have implications on the licenses signed by Canadian libraries and the provision of information to library users. This paper investigates the effects of the OFAC rulings and presents some suggestions for dealing with these in the Canadian library community.53570 bytesapplication/pdfengAttribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 2.5Library & Information ScienceOFACLicensingElectronic productsCanadaBeyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Librariesjournal article10.11575/PRISM/34729