... other values. Additionally, a significant minority of libraries was not well prepared for data protection. To assist the professional community, guidelines for privacy policy were drawn up on the basis of suggestions made by survey respondents. Ambiguities of this type were placed in sharp focus...

... and legal developments. Not only do loan and other transactions leave traces in library management systems, but Internet use at public terminals in libraries is also vulnerable to intrusion. Whilst the UK data protection legislation offers protection to personal data, new legislation such as the 2000...

... briefly some specific impacts of current policy and largely in the order that Plato specified. Australia Data protection Intellectual property Information management Knowledge management Social responsibility To touch on another of Plato’s concerns, in an age where kids’ homework can...

...J. Eric Davies Examines the ethical, legal and social context of academic library management with particular reference to the general treatment of personal information through data protection. Describes the legal background to data protection, including the Data Protection Act 1984 and the European...