User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians

By Matthew Connolly

Personal data in the online world has become a commodity. Coveted by criminals, demanded by governments, and used for unsavory purposes by marketers and advertisers, your private information is at risk everywhere. For libraries and librarians, this poses a professional threat as well as a personal one. How can we protect the privacy of library patrons and users who browse our online catalogs, borrow sensitive materials, and use our public computers and networks?

User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians answers that question. Through simple explanations and detailed, step-by-step guides, library professionals will learn how to strengthen privacy protections for:

Library policiesWired and wireless networksPublic computersWeb browsersMobile devicesAppsCloud computing
Each chapter begins with a "threat assessment" that provides an overview of the biggest security risks - and the steps that can be taken to deal with them. Also covered are techniques for preserving online anonymity, protecting activists and at-risk groups, and the current state of data encryption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442276320
• ISBN13: 9781442276321
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"