LFI Course Materials/Week 12
Contents
Week 12: Vendor agreements and library privacy policies
- Real time lecture: August 9th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern
Overview
While librarians have always considered privacy among our most sacred core values, it's no secret that library vendors don't exactly put our ideals into practice. Recent privacy issues with vendors like Kanopy, Lynda.com, and Gale Analytics have brought these contrasts into sharp relief, and these are hardly unique cases. This week, Erin Berman, chair of ALA's IFC Privacy Subcommittee will talk to us about vendor policies and privacy, and how to demand that our vendors respect our fundamental values in the products they sell us. We'll talk about some common privacy issues with vendors and how to create better vendor agreements using the ALA Library Privacy Checklists.
Readings
- ALA Library Privacy Checklists http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/checklists
- Protecting Patron Privacy: Librarians, Vendors, and Patrons Each Have a Role to Play
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1330&context=collaborativelibrarianship
- San Jose Public Library Vendor Security Analysis results
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jdPwQeC5RAUbBWLAhyIYxWHa0pTdVObc
- EFF’s How to Assess Vendors’ Data Security
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/how-assess-vendors-data-security
Guest lecturer
Erin Berman, Chair of ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee Privacy Subcommittee
Discussion
- Open discussion
Tasks
- Discussion forum and small group work
