Confidentiality Policies and Procedures of the Reference Departments in Texas Academic Libraries.
Libraries are commonly viewed as "sanctuaries of ideas," and librarians are seen as the guardians of ideas and of the records the library and its users generate.1 Librarians are also viewed as researchers of reference questions and topics. As fa cilitators of research and keepers of rec ords, they have access to certain information about the users of the li brary?information that may be consid ered private. Lin owes and Hoyman note that librarians create records and collect
Data Confidentiality, Social Research and the Government
THIS PAPER ADDRESSES the issue of confidentiality and privacy of information contained in archives and libraries. To do so in a meaningful way requires an analysis of the broad issue of information privacy in general prior to examining its relationship to the functions of the librarian and archivist. There is no generally accepted definition of privacy. No less a figure than Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis spoke, in 1890, of the individual’s “right to be let alone” as being the most valued right of civilized man.’ Twenty years before that, a Michigan judge ruled that privacy was a “constitutional” right. In fact, privacy rights are not specifically spelled out in the Constitution, although the implication is clearly there. The Third Amendment prohibits the lodging of soldiers in private homes without the owner’s consent. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against arbitrary government search. Furthermore, courts have been interpreting a right to privacy from the Fifth Amendment, which protects against self-incrimination; the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and assembly; and the Ninth Amendment, which reserves to the people all rights not specifically delegated to the states and federal government. The Privacy Act of 1974, which established the Privacy Commission2 and placed certain constraints on federal agencies, for the first time
SECONDARY EDUCATION 1993-97, A review of Secondary Schools in England
Provides a general overview of secondary schools in England. The text looks at the standards achieved by schools, the contributory factors, and wider aspects of school life. Through discussion of key issues, it aims to point the way forward for further improvement.