Is your library considering a move to self-service holds (also known as open-shelf holds)? Such systems have enabled many libraries to successfully continue user hold services despite staff cuts and budget reductions. But some of these systems may compromise privacy and confidentiality by linking personally identifiable information with the specific materials on hold. Such practices [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Technology’
February 18, 2013
IFAction Round-Up, February 11–17, 2013
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to subscribe to this list. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit the IF Action archive. Below is a sample of articles from February 11 –February 17, 2013. [...]
February 6, 2013
IFAction Round-Up, January 14-February 3, 2013
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to subscribe to this list. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit the IF Action archive. Below is a sample of articles from January 14 –February 3, 2013. [...]
January 15, 2013
IFAction Round-Up, January 1-13, 2013
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to subscribe to this list. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit the IF Action archive. Below is a sample of articles from January 1-January 13, 2013. [...]
November 28, 2012
Call for Action: Tell Congress to Protect Online Privacy
The Electronic Computer Privacy Act (ECPA) is scheduled for markup tomorrow, Thursday, November 29th, in the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC). Originally enacted in 1986 as a means of addressing telephonic wiretapping, at a time when technology was less complex and the Internet had not yet become a ubiquitous means of communication, ECPA is no longer [...]
September 24, 2012
IF Action Round Up September 17-23, 2012
OIF sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. To subscribe to this list, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/ifaction. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ifaction. Below is a sample of articles from September 17–23, 2012. Privacy Facebook Can ID Faces, but [...]
July 25, 2012
IFAction Round Up July 16-23, 2012
What is your vote for biggest story of the week? Tell us in the comments or vote on Facebook! OIF sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. To subscribe to this list, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/ifaction. For an archive of all postings to [...]
July 16, 2012
IFAction Round Up July 1-15, 2012
What is your vote for biggest story of the week? Tell us in the comments or vote on Facebook! OIF sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. To subscribe to this list, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/ifaction. For an archive of all postings to [...]
May 7, 2012
New Choose Privacy Week Documentary: “Vanishing Liberties”
On the final day of Choose Privacy Week 2012, the Office for Intellectual Freedom is excited to debut a new short documentary, “Vanishing Liberties: The Rise of State Surveillance in the Digital Age.” The documentary examines the government’s growing use of surveillance tools to track and spy on immigrant communities and the proposals to adopt [...]
April 27, 2012
CPW 2012: Amie Stepanovich on Biometrics and Government Surveillance
This is the third in a series of three video presentations in advance of Choose Privacy Week that explore the growing impact of government surveillance on our civil liberties. In this video, Amie Stepanovich, counsel with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), provides an overview of the government’s growing use of biometrics as a tool [...]
