SPARC Report Urges Action to Address Concerns with ScienceDirect Data Privacy Practices
Today, SPARC released Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices: An Analysis of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect. Produced in collaboration with Becky… read more
Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship: Notes for Teaching (Frické, 2023)
We have all been surprised by ChatGPT and similar Large Language Models. Generative AI is an important new area for… read more
Disrupting the Digital Status Quo: Why and How to Staff for Privacy in Academic Libraries – Licensing Privacy Project
This paper is a roadmap to a shift of both mindset and practice in staffing academic libraries for privacy. Though… read more
Resisting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries (Bignoli et al., 2021)
In this paper, we consider what we identify as crisis surveillance capitalism in higher education, drawing on the work of… read more
Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics – Code
A recent proposal recommending the deployment of surveillance software in order to monitor those accessing academic material has drawn fire… read more
From Paywall to Datawall – The Scholarly Kitchen
Well, sure, the article is “free” in the sense there is no monetary transaction. But, not free in the sense that… read more
Data tracking in research: Aggregation and use or sale of usage data by academic publishers (DFG)
Hat-tip Carrie Preston! This briefing paper issued by the Committee on Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (AWBI) of the… read more
Information Ethics and Academic Libraries: Data Privacy in the Era of Big Data (Prindle & Loos)
The evolution of data collection practices in education is having a powerful and transformative effect on educational assessment practices. Increasing… read more
Privacy literacy practices in academic libraries: Past, present, and possibilities
Hartman-Caverly, S. & Chisholm, A. (2020). Privacy literacy practices in academic libraries: Past, present, and possibilities. IFLA Journal. doi.org/10.1177/0340035220956804 (open… read more
Data Doubles – Student-centered research on library participation in learning analytics
Data Doubles is an IMLS-funded, multi-year, multi-institution research project examining student perspectives on library participation in learning analytics initiatives. The… read more