An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That’s not supposed to happen. – The Register
In April, attorney Christine Dudley was listening to a book on her iPhone while playing a game on her Android… read more
Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” – The Markup
Companies that got their start as academic publishers have spent the last several decades transforming themselves into hugely profitable data… read more
Physical-equivalent privacy (Salo)
Hat-tip Carrie Preston! This article introduces and applies the concept of “physical-equivalent privacy” to evaluate the appropriateness of data collection… 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
Ethics, Encryption, and Evolving Concepts of Personal Privacy in the ‘Black Box Library’ – Irvin (in Serials Librarian)
Protecting user privacy is a cherished ethical position held within this field. Therefore, it is worth asking whether libraries have… read more
Version Control
Hartman-Caverly, S. (2017). Version control. In The Self as Subject: Autoethnographic Research into Identity, Culture, and Academic Librarianship (pp. 67-87)…. read more
DLF Technologies of Surveillance Interest Group
The Technologies of Surveillance Interest Group critically examines the use of library technology in light of its increasing capacity for… read more