10-8-102 - Disclosure prohibited Exceptions. - Tennessee Statutes

10-8-102. Disclosure prohibited Exceptions.

(a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), no employee of a library shall disclose any library record that identifies a person as having requested or obtained specific materials, information, or services or as having otherwise used such library. Such library records shall be considered an exception to the provisions of § 10-7-503.

(b)  Library records may be disclosed under the following circumstances:

     (1)  Upon the written consent of the library user;

     (2)  Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

     (3)  When used to seek reimbursement for or the return of lost, stolen, misplaced or otherwise overdue library materials.

[Acts 1988, ch. 889, § 1.]