DLF Forum 2017

Surveyance or Surveillance?: Data ethics in library technologies
Yasmeen Shorish(1), Shea Swauger(2), David Riordan(3)
1: James Madison University; 2: University of Colorado at Denver; 3: Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia School of Journalism
 
Libraries are increasingly investing in systems that can track and correlate user behavior. This proposal seeks to interrogate the methods and ethical implications of these technologies, questions how well positioned libraries are to advocate changes to those technologies, and seeks to establish guidelines for how to operationalize interrogation of technology.

Boxed lunches will be available at the session room (including vegetarian, gluten-free options). Please grab a plate from Allegheny if you have any dietary restrictions!