To address the part about perving though, I remember the part I learned in my ethics course about a Cross Culture society. In some cultures, nudity and $ex are not taboo; thus, the act and everything about it including recreational reading, viewing or writing about it is not “perving” as it is in our common culture. Furthermore, our rulebook, the constitution, protects not the majority but rather the lowest common denominator in whatever way shape or from they may come in.

Unless of course we can pass a law making it illegal. We have succeeded in establishing rules concerning minors. and those of us who are offended by just SEEING a nude specimen have happily pushed through the indecent exposure rules, because afterall, “we can’t have the children seeing that!!! [but really, I Don't want to see it myself!!]”

If this librarian went beyond her ropes and indeed committed an act that violated this man’s right to privacy, which the ALA recognizes in our libraries as a public place, then that librarian could indeed be fired. What more, if the evidence can be found to have been obtained in illegal manners, including an illegal search conducted by a government official [in this case, the librarian] the entire case against the predator could indeed be thrown out.

ALA Speaketh: Thou shalt not censor…ANYBODY!