%0 Journal Article %T Beyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Libraries %A Andrew Waller %J Partnership : the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research %D 2006 %I The Partnership %X OFAC is the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury. OFAC governs sanctions againstcountries embargoed by the United States and has released rulings thathave implications on the licenses signed by Canadian libraries and theprovision of information to library users. This paper investigates theeffects of the OFAC rulings and presents some suggestions for dealingwith these in the Canadian library community. %K OFAC %K licensing %K electronic products %K libraries %K Canada %U http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/125/174