Former Northern Waters library head rewarded for taking on the FBI

$25,000 prize slated for library foundation
By RICK OLIVO
The Daily Press
Last Updated: Friday, April 15th, 2005 10:09:21 A

The former head of Ashland's Northern Waters Library System has been named as winner of a prestigious First Amendment award.
Joan Airoldi, a librarian and library director in Whatcom County in rural Washington State, challenged an FBI effort to search patron records as an unconstitutional fishing expedition by federal officials.