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Concentrating on privacy issues in public, school and academic libraries, this title pays particular attention to the effect of technology on personal privacy in these settings. In depth discussions of the laws effecting personal privacy and privacy in library settings will be explored. Recent laws enacted that impact individual privacy are discussed and explained. Special attention is given to the USA Patriot Act. 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 individual librarians. It will be both a helpful handbook and a guide to encourage further study on these complex issues. Of particular interest is the impact of personal privacy on issues of accessibility to online databases and other online information in academic libraries.

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• Dedications
• Foreword
• Introduction
• An Overview of Privacy in the U.S. Privacy and Emerging Technologies
• Privacy and Libraries in a Changing Privacy
• Issues for Public Libraries Privacy
• Issues in K-12 School Library Media Centers Privacy
• Issues for Academic Libraries Privacy Resources for Educators and Librarians
• The Future of Privacy
• Appendix I Core ALA Documents Relating to Privacy in Libraries
• Appendix II Privacy Audit Documents
• Appendix III Privacy and Confidentiality Policies
• Glossary

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With a foreword by Judith Krug, director of the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, this handbook aims to gather in a single volume information and further resources on privacy and confidentiality for public, school, and academic librarians. After a general overview of recent laws affecting personal privacy, including but not limited to the USA PATRIOT Act, the authors (retired school library media specialist Adams, Wisconsin state public consultant Robert F. Bocher, education professor Carol A. Gordon, and attorney Elizabeth Barry-Kessler) discuss the core issues now affecting public, school, and academic libraries. Chapter 7, Privacy Resources, lists web sites, URLs, print sources, etc., and the final chapter, only seven pages long, addresses the future of privacy/confidentiality. The appendixes, constituting almost one-quarter of the book, include sample privacy policies for each library type. For those who need a single-volume compendium of ALA positions and documents regarding privacy/confidentiality, emerging technologies, and their impact on privacy/confidentiality concerns and issues now and in the future, this work meets that need.--B. Susan Brown, Pamunkey Regional Lib., Hanover, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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Helen R. Adams is a retired School Library Media Specialist.

Robert F. Bocher is a State Public Library Consultant in Wisconsin.

Carol A. Gordon is Head of Pickering Educational Resources Library and Associate Professor of Education, Boston University.

Elizabeth Barry-Kessler is an Attorney specializing in privacy and First Amendment issues.