March 2018 – Information Ethics

Video Sources of Interest

March 26, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

Cambridge Library Conference. (2018). PREVENTing Freedom of Inquiry? Surveillance, privacy and the ethics of librarianship. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfq0TjiI_Y0 This video from the Cambridge Library Conference references the UK’s 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, which has been criticized as being in conflict with academic freedom. It references Prevent, an initiative for surveiling citizens, which has resulted in situations such as students who have been reported for reading and borrowing books from libraries on certain subjects. This has created an atmosphere of self-censorship and…

Funding Sources

March 12, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/laura-bush-21st-century-librarian-program “The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (LB21) supports developing a diverse workforce of librarians to better meet the changing learning and information needs of the American public by: enhancing the training and professional development of librarians, developing faculty and library leaders, and recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians.” (From the website). Planning Grants: Up to $50,000 Project Grants: Up to $1,000,000 Research Grants: Up to $500,000 Deadline: February 1, 2018…

Research Article Analysis

March 5, 2018 kburright Comments 0 Comment

This article is focused on privacy and surveillance issues in regards to academic freedom, specifically concerning the UK’s National Identity Card Scheme (NICS). Though the study is exploring these issues in the UK that are not entirely applicable in the US, it provides some interesting information from the student perspective of these issues. The NICS was implemented in 2006 and has been the subject of controversy, with opponents concerned about risk to privacy and the NICS being expanded into other…