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Privacy Matters: A Critique of Open Libraries

The advent of self-service libraries is a radical approach to serving patrons with varying schedules, but negative consequences lurk behind expanded access. These unstaffed spaces rely on surveillance technology in order to keep the peace and protect their inventory.

October 15, 2019October 14, 2019 Ross Sempek Privacy, Surveillance
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