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With only a few days left until the start of Choose Privacy Week (May 2-8), we want to encourage as many individuals and libraries as possible to participate! A new tool that makes this easy for teachers and librarians is
Read More Word search on “Computers and Privacy” now available
Choose Privacy Week begins on May 2, 2010! If your community would like to participate but hasn’t planned anything yet, it’s not too late! ALA is offering numerous resources for you to take part, including sample lesson plans now available
As we draw nearer to the inaugural Choose Privacy Week (CPW; May 2-8), we could use your help! Please let us know what events are happening in your library (or nearby libraries) to celebrate Choose Privacy Week. Please send an
A guest blog post from ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) Director, Barbara Jones Yesterday I had one of those amazing days that, I am happy to report, one is never too old to have! I was the guest of
March 15, 2010: Guest post from ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) Director, Barbara Jones The Newseum in Washington, DC is a “must visit.“ Yesterday I enjoyed watching high school students in the First Amendment section, discussing the questions posed
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ALA’s Libraries Fostering Civic Engagement MIG is offering two free online workshops to help librarians convene forums and moderate community discussions on privacy in conjunction with Choose Privacy Week, May 2-8, 2010. The first workshop, “Tips on Hosting a Deliberative
Read More Free Online Workshops on Hosting Community Discussions
How valuable is your online privacy? Would you pay for it? Or would you, like some research subjects, surrender your computer password in exchange for a chocolate bar or a cup of premium coffee? Tech critic Declan McCullagh used the
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Happy Data Privacy Day! Data Privacy Day (January 28, 2010) encourages a dialogue among businesses, individuals, government agencies, non-profit groups, academics, teachers and students about how advanced technologies affect our daily lives. This dialogue connects directly with ALA’s effort to
You’re invited! Help us launch Choose Privacy Week at a fun and exciting event, featuring social critic Hal Niedzviecki, author of The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors (City Lights Books, 2009). This event