Privacy and security for library systems
By: Marshall Breeding
Series: Library technology reports -- v. 52, no. 4; Library technology reports -- v. 52, no. 4.
Publisher: ALA TechSource
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
ISBN-13: 9780838959725
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Library users; Security measures; Effect of technological innovations on; Libraries; Information technology; Library information networks; Surveys; Libraries and the Internet; Integrated library systems (Computer systems); Academic libraries; Right of Privacy; Internet access for library users; User-generated content; Confidential communications; Library resources
Description: "Having surveyed vendors and ARL libraries, Marshall Breeding covers the current state of patron privacy in interacting with the library's web-based systems ... discusses key technologies and techniques for protecting patron privacy, focusing on encryption, the storage of data, the catalog, and discovery systems. It explores the many ways patron data and behavior may be captured in the absence of preventive measures."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Issues and technologies related to privacy and security.; title: Privacy for circulation records as a model ;; title: Privacy and security for web-based services ;; title: Basics of secure transmission technologies ;; title: Secure storage ;; title: Locally managed or remotely hosted ;; title: Server logs record patron activity ;; title: Tracking tags and web beacons ; -- Notes; title: The current state of privacy and security of automation and discovery products.; title: Online catalog or discovery patron interactions ;; title: Privacy and security questionnaire for providers of library discovery or resource management services ;; title: Online catalogs or discovery interfaces ;; title: Resource management products ;; title: Observations --; title: Data from library implementations.; title: Methodology ;; title: Observations ;; title: Related projects and resources ;-- Note.