Our collective future depends on our capacity to get organized. How can we build power in our communities to say no? How can we use our role to teach the public about what’s happening with facial recognition tech and more? It’s in our power to not only envision a better world, but to create it. Let’s take back the future together.
Category: Choose Privacy Week
So how do you know each other? Privacy, Confidentiality and Adult Literacy : Choose Privacy Week 2019
Adult Literacy Services are confidential in California. It is a delicate dance honoring and practicing confidentiality for many reasons. I hope to give some food for thought by sharing three experiences I have had as a tutor-learner (student) coordinator for Solano County Library’s Adult Literacy Program.
I Went to Jail. Guess What? I Still Value My Rights and Care About My Privacy: Choose Privacy Week 2019
I’m here to tell you: Poor people value things like privacy too.
Queer but not Out: The Importance of Making Your Queer and Questioning Users Welcome: Choose Privacy Week 2019
Library workers everywhere, whether academic, public, special, or school share a certain pride: the ability to assist anyone who walks through their doors. We take all comers, and we help them in a variety of ways, directly or indirectly. Because young queer users who are questioning or aren’t out may be especially hesitant to approach staff and ask for assistance, below are some things you can do to make sure these users can still find what they’re looking for in your collection without violating their privacy.
Reasonable Accommodation vs Privacy: Challenges of an Ability-Centered World: Choose Privacy 2019
Let’s have conversations to find a way to bridge this gap between privacy and reasonable accommodation, not just for our coworkers but also for our clientele.