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<p>I don't believe legitimacy is a qualifying question in FOIA. Per the website, there are allowable exemptions and you can determine, with your lawyer, whether the request breaches any of those. They primarily have to do with invasion of personal privacy and
you'd likely have to look at case law to determine what you can stand on. Otherwise, it's a law and you must comply.</p>
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The FOIA provides that when processing requests, agencies should withhold information only if they reasonably foresee that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption, or if disclosure is prohibited by law. Agencies should also consider whether
partial disclosure of information is possible whenever they determine that full disclosure is not possible and they should take reasonable steps to segregate and release nonexempt information. The Office of Information Policy at the Department of Justice is
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Leslie Burke <Leslie.Burke@kzoo.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 21, 2017 8:10:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nancy Studebaker-Barringer; michlib-l<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] FOIA Requests</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I think my concern is that they’re asking for so much personally identifiable information. I’d be less likely to resist if the data requested didn’t include personal
information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The data, for legitimate use, could be just as valuable with position names (e.g. Library Director, page, etc.) without including personal names linked to all
the data. If someone really needed to follow up on an actual person, they could do that with minimal effort, but to aggregate personally identifiable information into who-knows-what kind of database or source they’re creating seems like a privacy invasion
more than a “transparency” issue. Perhaps we, as library researchers, need to investigate who these groups are and what they do with this information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">My own opinions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Leslie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Leslie D. Burke</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Collection Development & Digital Integration Librarian, Library</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kalamazoo College</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">1200 Academy St</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kalamazoo, MI 49006</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">p 269.337.7144</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">f 269.337.7395</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:Leslie.Burke@kzoo.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Leslie.Burke@kzoo.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#E36C0A">More in Four. More in a Lifetime.</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="webProfileURL"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#008F00">No one has to do everything, but everyone has to do something – What’s your Green Dot?</span></i></a><span style="mso-bookmark:webProfileURL"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/leslieburke/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.linkedin.com/in/leslieburke/</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Twitter: librarygal2go</span><span style="color:#1F497D">;
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">K’s Library on Facebook:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kalamazoocollegelibrary" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.facebook.com/kalamazoocollegelibrary</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy Studebaker-Barringer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 21, 2017 7:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] FOIA Requests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">We received the FOIA request from OpenTheBooks that has been much discussed. We complied and sent info as requested. We use Quickbooks and it to about 20 minutes for the bookkeeper to export a report and make a
few changes as requested. We have about 25 employees. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I don't understand why there is so much resistance to just responding to the request. It seems some folks are spending more time trying to wiggle out of it or outsmart the folks making the request - than it would
take to just comply and fulfill the information request. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I believe in the value of transparency in government- even when it's inconvenient or uncomfortable for me and mine. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">NSB<o:p></o:p></p>
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