February 2018 – Information Ethics

Webpage Sources

February 26, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

American Library Association – Privacy http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy The ALA is the major organization for libraries and librarians. The Privacy page from ALA is extensive and includes critical resources such as the Privacy Tool Kit; section on Encryption and Patron Privacy; and the very relevant Privacy, Surveillance & Cybersecurity Legislation segment. Illinois Institute of Technology – Center for the Study of Ethics In the Professions http://ethics.iit.edu/ IIT’s Center for the Study of Ethics In the Professions is an extensive resource for ethics-related issues…

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Interview

February 19, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

I interviewed an academic systems librarian. The primary interview was done via email, but we also discussed in person some of the other topics that were chosen by others in the class and some of the situations in previous discussion board assignments. The in person part was more of an informal conversation than the rest of the interview and went on for quite a while, so I don’t have detailed notes for those, nor did I include them in my interview script…

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Full Interview

February 19, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

What do you think are the 3 main ethical problems in your area of librarianship? In university libraries, we face administrations who have become more interested in measures of “business” performance than the university’s teaching and scholarship missions. Librarians must act as keepers and defenders of scholarly values in this corporatized culture. In systems librarianship, we must make a concerted effort to alert administrators and the general public that despite the hype, there’s still no such thing as an archival…

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Project Sources

February 12, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

Library Journal http://www.libraryjournal.com/ Library Journal was founded in 1876 by Mellville Dewey and has the highest circulation of all library-related journals. I chose this source because of its wide distribution, as it is likely to have many articles on the topic of surveillance and privacy issues in libraries. I also chose it because along with the journal itself, its website features a wide array of library-related content. ALA Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy https://journals.ala.org/index.php/jifp/ The Journal of Intellectual Freedom…

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Article Analysis: The evolution of privacy within the American Library Association, 1906-2002

February 5, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

This article looks at how the concept of privacy has evolved in the ALA since the anarchist panic in the early 20th century to librarians pushing back against post-9/11 legislation. It starts with the 1906 case of Henry Melnek, who was arrested for stealing books from New York’s Astor Library. His arrest led to the investigation into his other activities and interests, such as checking out books that had pro-anarchist leanings. The US was experiencing fear over anarchist, especially Russian…

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