Librarians have been defenders of privacy for a very long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoia_Horn

Ironic, since the Ad Council released commercials like these after 9/11 showing someone getting questioned after asking about a book in a library, and ending with "What if America wasn't America?":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmBFb4jfjw

Why is it an unlisted video?

Thanks I was wondering when it changed. I got all my library cards for years with no verification and used fake names on all of them.

Yup. In 2000 or so I was just asked what my address was and my name. There was no verification.