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The Scholarly Networks Security Initiative

December 10, 2020 December 29, 2020 By Jill Anderson

What is Elsevier and Springer Nature’s SNSI? This post will discuss the publisher-led Scholarly Networks Security Initiative, which was allegedly introduced to combat cybercrime in the scholarly content field.

The Right to be Forgotten in Digital Archives

November 19, 2020 November 17, 2020 By Virginia Dressler

The Right to be Forgotten as it relates to digital archives, in how privacy can intersect in day to day decisions around content removal and takedown requests.

Librarians as Information Fiduciaries? Part Two Becky Yoose
Welcome back to our series on information fiduciaries and libraries! We introduced the concept of information fiduciaries in Part One. In this series entry, we will focus on libraries as possible information fiduciaries.
Libraries as Information Fiduciaries? Part One Becky Yoose
The Resolution on the Misuse of Behavioral Data Surveillance in Libraries, recently passed at ALA Midwinter, calls for libraries and vendors to reject behavioral data surveillance of patrons. While we are familiar with the concept of data surveillance, the last item in the resolution contains something that some in the library world are not as familiar with – information fiduciaries.
The Conflict of Access and Privacy in the Right to Be Forgotten Virginia Dressler
Privacy and access are two important elements in librarianship that we hold dear- Both concepts are prominent in ALA’s Code of Ethics, but what happens when access and privacy collide?