Even during a public health emergency, libraries should continue to adhere to their mission and stand by the law and ethical standards that govern the provision of library services.
Category: Student Privacy
Virtual Programming and Patron Privacy
As libraries continue adjusting services and moving toward more virtual programming options, we’ve often found more questions than answers. As we experiment, share, and grow together, we’ll continue improving how we interact with and touch our communities, even if our physical spaces are inaccessible. It’s important that as we do so, we don’t overlook a critical piece of library services: patron privacy and security.
The L Word: Choose Privacy Week 2019
“I am using my innocence and the trust upheld by my local librarians as a benchmark for best practices in our current privacy standards. So when the next generation of young and mighty Sapphos-to-Be come out or try and find answers to their unknown, they can do so with as much security, safety, and innocence that I was afforded.”
Does student safety take precedence over the freedom to read?: Choose Privacy Week 2019
When library school ideals, professional ethics and the reality of managing a school library collide: the author describes how her students are being surveilled when searching for information on school-issued devices and argues that those who have taken an oath to preserve privacy and uphold intellectual freedom, must continue to ask as many questions as possible when administrators collect sensitive student data and offer to help write policies that both protect rights and support safe schools.
Privacy News & Views – April 1- 7
Reminder: Free ALA Webinar: Practical Privacy Practices on April 13th Broadband Privacy Rules Trump signs repeal of U.S. broadband privacy rules | Reuters Trump just killed Obama’s internet-privacy rules — here’s what that means for you |Business Insider The conservative case against