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Weekly News Digest
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August 27, 2015 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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IFLA Statement Encourages Advocacy for Patron Privacy
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) released the “IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment.” It aims to guide libraries and information services in dealing with threats to privacy, such as mass government surveillance and commercial user data collection. Also discussed are current challenges to the protection of user privacy, relevant international statements about privacy as a right, related IFLA policies, and recommendations to libraries and information services about how to advocate for privacy protection and to protect user privacy in libraries.For more information, read the press release.
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