Good morning, ToS’ers,

 

I’m pleased to announce that the Advocacy sub-group’s Advocacy Action Plan is ready for the light of day. You can find it attached or via the OSF: https://osf.io/j5k8s/

 

Be sure to share it with your local fellow-travelers and skeptics alike. There will also be some official tweets from CLIR and DLF, so look for those too.

 

Here’s a summary from the first page:

 

This document will assist librarians who want to communicate

about the sensitivities of library patron data with those serving in

decision-making roles. As librarians discuss how patron data is

used and shared in wider institutional and societal contexts, it is essential

to understand why librarians choose to share and analyze

some patron data, while at other times choose to protect, limit the

collection of, and purge that data. In many cases, libraries may be

mandated by their governing bodies (i.e., university administrators,

city councils, boards) to provide data related to the use of the library

and its systems and content. Librarians may struggle to balance the

potential usefulness of patron data as it relates to student success,

library funding, advocacy, and assessment with concerns over patron

privacy.

 

To my fellow authors, and to everyone who ever attended an Advocacy call or helped via the listserv, thank you!

 

I also want to thank Kathlin Smith, Director of Communications at CLIR, for her expert assistance with the publication process.

 

Hope to see you in Tampa next month,

 

Michelle

 

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Michelle Gibeault (she/her)

Scholarly Engagement Librarian for the Humanities

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library | Tulane University

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