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Written by Odin Halvorson on 2025-02-02 at 23:14

• "When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons' borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.

• We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason."

[#]Libraries #Librarians #Rwsist #Politics #Anarchist

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Written by K.R. Paradis on 2025-02-03 at 11:37

@indubitablyodin @Af_Redelius

If this is a worry, people may want to make sure they turn off history in any digital library sources. Library won’t control those.

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Written by Odin Halvorson on 2025-02-03 at 14:36

@krparadis @Af_Redelius

Well, there are significant data concerns with a lot of the modern library systems, actually. Not only are most libraries equipped to properly assess data security, librarians are not receiving the training they need in data security. It doesn't help that librarians, much like public teachers, are underpaid and over-relied on as a vital part of America's failing social safety net.

For instance, services like Hoopla might track user information and retain/share it in ways not covered by library policy. The same goes for database systems upon which modern libraries rely.

This is why I keep advocating for locally-controlled, independent tech infrastructure for libraries... but c'est la vie, that's a hill I'm likely to die on.

That said: you're generally right. Good data practices on the user-end help a TON. It's just that it's difficult to educate and train people to take even mild precautions.

[#]Libraries #Fascism #Tech #Technology #Librarian

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Written by Jo being generally creative. on 2025-02-03 at 15:47

@indubitablyodin @krparadis @Af_Redelius our library system (Toronto) was hacked for ransom & we lost use of the library system for a few months. We lost other computer access things incl. printing, it seems permanently. These serve the poor & immigrants the most.

Also libraries & librarians are the best. Protect them.

What Trump is doing is equivalent of arson to the entire body of knowledge gathered since before the founding of America.

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