It may/should help protect the user's privacy from the server end (from
Google), not the client end. 

In the original question there is an underlying (perhaps true ;-)  )
assumption that librarians are more trustworthy than Google. 

-glen :-)


>>>>> "Nate" == Nate Vack <[log in to unmask]> writes:

    Nate> Are you talking about proxying connections from library
    Nate> computers?  For computers in the library, how does a proxy
    Nate> help with privacy? How is a person linked to a web request?
    Nate> Login records? Video footage? If either of those, wouldn't
    Nate> purging the records be the simplest way to provide privacy?

    Nate> Sorry if I'm being dumb, but I don't understand how proxying
    Nate> helps privacy in this context.

    Nate> Cheers, -Nate

    Nate> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Eric
    Nate> Hellman<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
    >> Recent attention to privacy concerns about Google Book Search
    >> have led me to investigate whether any libraries are using
    >> tools such as proxy servers to enhance patron privacy when
    >> using Google Book Search. Similarly, advertising networks (web
    >> bugs, for example) could be proxied for the same reason. I
    >> would be very interested to hear from any libraries that have
    >> done either of these things and of their experiences doing so.
    >> 
    >> 
    >> Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc.  41 Watchung Plaza, #132
    >> Montclair, NJ 07042 USA
    >> 
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