Information Ethics

There were three seminars or workshops at the TLA 2018 conference in Dallas that I had scheduled to attend for the purpose of this assignment. Digital Privacy – Tuesday April 3, 9am-12am (Ticketed event) Booktalking Challenging Books – Tuesday April 3, 4:00pm-5:00pm Net Neutrality is Over: What Do We Do Now? – Friday April 6, 9:15am-10:15am My intention in attending these seminars, despite not being specifically about my chosen topic, was to investigate a broader look at how issues of…

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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…

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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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