Passwords: How to Make the Best of a Bad Situation in Today's ITI NewsLink

There are many excellent libraries as well as a myriad of innovative and engaging services in the information world these days. What strategies, learning, training, partnering, out-of-the-box thinking and borrowing from other industries will enable all libraries to be excellent in their communities?

Computers in Libraries 2017 is all about Upping Our Game: Taking Libraries to New Heights with Technology.

NewsBreaks

Passwords: How to Make the Best of a Bad Situation

by Abby Clobridge

Yahoo recently announced that details about nearly 500 million of its user accounts had been stolen. Similar breach announcements involving tens or hundreds of millions of user accounts are a near-daily occurrence, and there are no signs that things are getting any better. The breaches that you hear about in the news are just the tip of the iceberg. Oftentimes, companies are hacked and never realize it, let alone take action to notify their users. These sorts of cyberattacks aren't going away, so it's up to us to take every possible precaution to protect our own accounts and data.

Weekly News Digests

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and the Information Industry

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and Libraries

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and Intellectual Property

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and the Tech Industry

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and Net Neutrality

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and the Economy

ELECTION ANALYSIS: The New Administration and Climate Change

ELECTION ANALYSIS: 'The US Election, a Need for Curation, and the Power of Story'

ELECTION ANALYSIS: 'Librarians Leaving the Country'

ELECTION ANALYSIS: ALA Releases Kindness-Focused Book List

NewsLink Spotlight

Foreseeing an Open Source Future With FOLIO

by Brandi Scardilli

Libraries have always been spaces where members of a community can gather to gain knowledge, whether through books or through events and activities. But where can library staffers go to do their own learning? They need designated spaces too, which is why the Open Library Foundation is so important. This new organization encourages everyone in the library and library services communities to share their ideas for an open source future.

How to Help Researchers Find Reliable Sources and Avoid Fake News (5:37)

California State University-Northridge librarian Doris Helfer discusses a rubric she and her colleagues created to identify credible research sources and help their patrons steer clear of fake news in this clip from Computers in Libraries 2018.

ITI Blogs

If you regularly read blogs, add these to your reader:

ITI Conference Blog – libconf.com – covering ITI's library conferences worldwide.

ILI365/InfoToday Europe Blog – infotoday.eu – news and ideas for, and by, innovative info pros from around the world, throughout the year.

destinationCRM Blog – destinationcrmblog.com – a blog from the editors of CRM magazine, dedicated to providing Customer Relationship Management information in a timely manner to connect decision makers and providers.

SpeechTech Blog – speechtechblog.com – updates on speech technology and its applications in daily life, covering everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure.

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