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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819993103321

Autore

Macrina Alison

Titolo

Anonymity / / Alison Macrina and Talya Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : ALA Neal-Schuman, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-8389-1932-4

0-8389-1930-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 70 pages)

Collana

Library Futures

Disciplina

341.481

Soggetti

Public access computers in libraries - Security measures

Library information networks - Security measures

Privacy, Right of

Data protection

Electronic surveillance - Prevention

Internet access for library users - Moral and ethical aspects

Libraries - Information technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword by Miguel A. Figueroa -- Acknowledgments -- Understanding Anonymity -- The New Normal -- People You May Know -- How Do You Get to Be Anonymous? -- Anonymity Loves Company -- Adversaries -- Anonymity in Libraries -- Librarians Fight Back -- Professional Values in Practice -- Anonymity and Privacy Inequalities -- Privacy Policies and Procedures: A Starting Point for Anonymity -- Anonymity Basics -- Anonymity Tech -- Anonymity Literacy -- For the Future -- What Does Anonymity Look Like in the Library of the Future? -- Advocacy -- Education -- Space -- Technology -- Professional Development -- Security -- Notes and Resources.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the roles and ramifications of anonymity. In the virtual realm, anonymity means that such bedrock values of librarianship as privacy, free speech, and intellectual freedom coexist uneasily with the proliferation of fake news, sexist and racist



sentiments, and repugnant ideologies. The book covers apps and forums that promote anonymity as a central feature, and how anonymous content has become valuable fodder for news organizations and clickbait websites.