Not In the Clear: Libraries and Privacy

By Barbara Fister. I’m one of those people who others probably call a privacy nut when I’m not listening. (Because I would never listen in – trust me! I’m a privacy nut!) I get really cranky when people tell me privacy is impossible today or if they claim that Young People Today don’t care about it, so get with the program (in which case I tell them to ask danah boyd about that. She’ll tell you it’s complicated.) I get testy when I advocate for privacy as a library value and other librarians say “yeah, but access is a value, too, and that's what patrons care about. Read more...