(75 ILCS 70/1)

(from Ch. 81, par. 1201)

Sec. 1.

(a) The registration and circulation records of a library are confidential information. Except pursuant to a court order, no person shall publish or make any information contained in such records available to the public.

(b) This Section does not prevent a library from publishing or making available to the public reasonable statistical reports regarding library registration and book circulation where those reports are presented so that no individual is identified therein.

(c) For the purpose of this Section, (i) "library" means any public library or library of an educational, historical or eleemosynary institution, organization or society; (ii) "registration records" includes any information a library requires a person to provide in order for that person to become eligible to borrow books and other materials and (iii) "circulation records" includes all information identifying the individual borrowing particular books or materials.

(Source: P.A. 83‑179.)

(75 ILCS 70/2)

(from Ch. 81, par. 1202)

Sec. 2.

This Act may be cited as the

Library Records Confidentiality Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1475.)