“Data, I’ve found, is becoming like the weather; it’s something that almost anyone can talk about.” Cyber Privacy by April Falcon Doss is a timely title on so many key issues around data privacy in the online world– And Doss is well-positioned to write on this topic, with her thirteen years working at the NSA and later working in a private sector practice focusing on cyber-security and privacy issues. I found this title to be a thoughtful and well-written perspective, primarily centered on the U.S.
Author: Virginia Dressler
Virginia Dressler is the Digital Projects Librarian at Kent State University. Her specialty areas are project management and digitization, working primarily with the university’s unique collections. She holds a Master's of Library and Information Science from Kent State University (2007), a Master's of the Arts in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from the University of Leeds (2003) and a certificate in advanced librarianship (digital libraries) from Kent State University (2014). Her research areas include privacy in digital collections and the Right to be Forgotten. She is author of Framing Privacy in Digital Collections with Ethical Decision Making (Morgan & Claypool, 2018).
Review of ‘Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society’ by Firmin Debrabander
Review of ‘Life After Privacy: Reclaiming democracy in a surveillance society’ by Firmin Debrabander.
Prioritizing Privacy grant, interview with Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Kyle M. L. Jones
Interview with the project team from the Prioritizing Privacy IMLS grant (Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Kyle M. L. Jones), an educational program that trains academic librarians to address privacy and related ethical issues.
Artificial intelligence for cultural organizations (AEOLIAN) NEH Grant, Interview with Glen Worthey
Interview with Mr. Glen Worthey, PI of the Artificial intelligence for cultural organizations (AEOLIAN) NEH Grant (collaborative project with the United Kingdom)
Privacy Advocacy Guides for Libraries: An interview with Erin Berman and Bonnie Tijerina
The IMLS grant project, ‘Privacy Advocacy Guides for Libraries’, is focused on the creation of a series of guides that focus on providing hands-on techniques for better protecting the privacy of the library as well as the privacy of library users.