The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has assembled an all-star cast of writers to explore the challenges to privacy that ongoing shifts in technology have created, and how librarians can address them.
Written by a well-known intellectual freedom advocate, this book is a one-stop source for school librarians on intellectual freedom and privacy issues that blends principles with best practices.
Appendices with core privacy documents, sample privacy and confidentiality policies and outlines for privacy audits to be implemented in staff training situations in all types of libraries will add to the practicality of the book for ...
This unique book offers a practical approach to developing, promoting, and implementing intellectual freedom policies that work.
Protecting "our Precious Liberties": What Every Educator Needs to Know about Libraries, Privacy, and Freedom of Inquiry
That court's judges said, “The First Amendment does not merely prohibit the government from enacting laws that censor information, but additionally encompasses the positive right of public access to information and ideas” (p. 1255).
Describes several issues relating to privacy in public, school, and academic libraries, including privacy and emerging technology, the USA PATRIOT Act, and responsibilities of librarians to their patrons.
The newest edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual is more than simply an update of a foundational text that has served as a crucial resource for more than four decades.
In Privacy in the 21st Century Alexandra Rengel offers an assessment of the International right to privacy within both a historical and modern context with a focus on the legal aspects of the right, its evolution and its future protection.
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This important book concentrates on privacy issues in school, public, and academic libraries, with particular attention to the effect of technology on personal privacy in these settings. The laws affecting...