User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Connolly, Matthew

User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781442276321)

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Format: Paperback
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User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Connolly, Matthew

User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians

$76.00
User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Connolly, Matthew

User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians

$76.00
Format: Paperback
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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 policies
  • Wired and wireless networks
  • Public computers
  • Web browsers
  • Mobile devices
  • Apps
  • Cloud 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.

Author: Matthew Connolly
ISBN-10: 1442276320
ISBN-13: 9781442276321
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2018
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.60d

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By Matthew Connolly
By Matthew Connolly
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Matthew Connolly is an application and web programmer at Cornell University Library, where he has worked for more than ten years on a variety of library services and tools for the public and library staff. He holds a Master of Engineering degree from Cornell, specializing in systems engineering. He has published articles in both popular and peer-reviewed journals and co-authored Using iPhones, iPads, and iPods: A Practical Guide for Librarians.

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