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    Librarian Fired for Reporting Child Porn Web Surfing, but Questions Linger

    Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

    Chronicles of Dissent reports the story of librarian Brenda Biesterfeld, who says she was fired after alerting authorities that a patron was viewing child pornography on library computers. Apparently she notified her supervisor (Hill) who told her merely to give the patron a warning, and not to notify the police. Biesterfeld notified the policy anyway, […]

    Feds Sought Identities of Book Buyers; Amazon Resists

    Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

    Recalling the (in)famous DOJ v Google matter, where Google resisted attempts by government to obtain thousands of user search queries, we learn today that federal prosecutors had sought the identities of thousands of people who bought used books from Amazon, but the online bookseller resisted, with the court ruling in their favor. From the AP […]

    Outsourcing Libraries

    Friday, October 5th, 2007

    Chronicles of Dissent points to this troubling story of a county in Oregon that is outsourcing the operation of their (formerly public) libraries to Library Systems and Services (LSSI), a private, for-profit company. LSSI tries to downplay any affect privitizing the institution of the library might have:
    “The average citizen, when they walk into the library, […]

    U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read

    Thursday, September 20th, 2007

    Everyone seems to have their personal stories about being hassled by increased airport security. Mine centers on a trip from New York to Boston I took a few weeks after 9/11. Airport security pulled me aside at La Guardia, searched through all my bags, asked me a few questions, etc. The same thing happened at […]

    Wiki of State Laws on the Confidentiality of Library Records

    Friday, September 14th, 2007

    Paul Neuhaus, a reference librarian at Santa Clara University, has assembled a wiki of state laws on the confidentiality of library records. This is a great resource providing instant access to the relevant statutes, such as New York’s:
    New York State Statutes
    Section 4509. Library [fig 1] records.
    Library records, [fig 1] which contain names or other personally […]

    Facebook to Join Behavioral Targeting Game, and Might Win

    Friday, September 7th, 2007

    The social networking site Facebook is planning to to enter the behavioral targeting game, letting marketers customize their ads for the millions of Facebook customers who visit the site daily. Given the “mountain of information” users openly divulge on the site, Facebook very well could win the targeted advertising game.
    Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have all […]


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