The evolution of data collection practices in education is having a powerful and transformative effect on educational assessment practices. Increasing pressure to collect and analyze student information for assessment purposes has created a unique situation for academic libraries which traditionally view user data privacy as of paramount importance. This article highlights the distinct challenges faced by the library profession as it moves into the new reality of Big Data and fervently calls for a conversation about these issues in both the professional literature and the library profession.
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Prindle, S. & Loos A. (2017). Information ethics and academic libraries: Data privacy in the era of big data. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(2): 22-33. [Available via ProQuest databases.]