Data Protection in UK Library and Information Services: Are We Ready for GDPR?

Bailey, Josephine

doi:10.1017/s1472669618000063

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“…Influences on the writings of other Victorian figures may be successfully analysed using our method, but this is not the case for more recent authors, due to the '20th century black hole' in our digitized cultural heritage (Fallon and Uceda Gomez, 2015). It is also unlikely that researchers will be able to access the borrowing records of modern writers without explicit consent, due to changes in privacy legislation and the resulting appropriate responses from the library sector (Bowers, 2006;Dowling, 2017;Bailey, 2018): it is unlikely that modern reading records will survive to enable this type of research. We therefore suggest that this method is applicable to the reading and writing of authors beyond Mill, but is most likely to succeed, or even only be possible, for other leading figures professionally active from the mid-eighteenth to early-twentieth centuries.…”

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Text mining Mill: Computationally detecting influence in the writings of John Stuart Mill from library records

O'Neill

Welsh

Smith

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Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

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How can computational methods illuminate the relationship between a leading intellectual, and their lifetime library membership? We report here on an international collaboration that explored the interrelation between the reading record and the publications of the British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill, focusing on his relationship with the London Library, an independent lending library of which Mill was a member for 32 years. Building on detailed archival research of the London Library’s lending and book donation records, a digital library of texts borrowed, and publications produced was assembled, which enabled natural language processing approaches to detect textual reuse and similarity, establishing the relationship between Mill and the Library. Text mining the books Mill borrowed and donated against his published outputs demonstrates that the collections of the London Library influenced his thought, transferred into his published oeuvre, and featured in his role as political commentator and public moralist. We reconceive archival library issue registers as data for triangulating against the growing body of digitized historical texts and the output of leading intellectual figures. We acknowledge, however, that this approach is dependent on the resources and permissions to transcribe extant library registers, and on access to previously digitized sources. Related copyright and privacy restrictions mean our approach is most likely to succeed for other leading eighteenth- and nineteenth-century figures.

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Text mining Mill: Computationally detecting influence in the writings of John Stuart Mill from library records

O'Neill

Welsh

Smith

et al. 2021

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

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“…From previous empirical research in libraries, it can be concluded that ethical codes of libraries do not provide adequate answers or tools for the modern use of information and communication technologies in libraries (Ferguson et al, 2016), that privacy is a frequent source of ethical dilemmas and concerns in libraries (Sturges et al, 2003;Corrado, 2020), and libraries are not fully prepared for the challenges related to privacy and personal data protection (Bailey, 2018;Corrado, 2020).…”

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“…In this paper, the APCO Macro Model is used to explore the factors of information privacy culture in libraries. This examination is done from the perspective of librarians, for the reason that certain factors of the model (awareness of privacy, librarians' attitudes, experiences, handling of personal data, knowledge of regulations) are in the context of libraries previously researched separately (Magi, 2007;Schepmann et al, 2008;Sturges et al, 2003;Zimmer, 2014;Tummon and McKinnon, 2018;Bailey, 2018), as well as a construct that was considered in the broader domain of privacy (confidence towards the data protection authority). In addition, to test the hypothesis, the construct "library size" is examined, whereby the size is determined by the number of librarians in the library and the number of active users.…”

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Information privacy culture in Croatian libraries

Katulić

2023

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PurposeThe research aims to establish the predictors of the acceptance of technical and organizational measures for the protection of personal data to ensure information privacy in Croatian libraries, starting from the constructs of the APCO Macro Model.Design/methodology/approachTwo data collection methods were used: the online survey questionnaire method and the analysis of the websites of independent libraries in the Republic of Croatia.FindingsThe results show that the acceptance of measures for personal data protection by a library manager is mostly influenced by perceived knowledge, while culture and trust have a positive correlation of moderate strength. Awareness has a low positive correlation, and privacy experience is not statistically related to the acceptance of measures. There is no statistically significant difference in the acceptance of measures for the protection of personal data concerning age and work experience in the profession. There is a statistically significant correlation between compliance with the principle of transparency and the size of the library.Originality/valueThe study is valuable as it examined the characteristics of the culture of information privacy in libraries and determined the existence and impact of factors that influence ensuring the information privacy of users in Croatian libraries.

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“…Ahead of the entry into force of the GDPR, a UK survey on the level of library readiness for GDPR implementation showed an improvement over the survey conducted nine years earlier, librarians' awareness of the new legal framework and several key aspects. However, librarians still participate very little in the organization of personal data protection management, and 48% do not know if they have a privacy policy in the library although 85% of them consider this topic to be extremely important (Bailey, 2018).…”

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Application of the principle of transparency in processing of European national libraries patrons' personal data

Katulić

Grgić

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the legal obligation of European libraries to ensure the transparent personal data processing and respect for user privacy. This paper will examine how libraries use privacy notices on websites to communicate with patrons about the processing of personal data and in what manner have libraries been guided by applicable transparency guidelines. Design/methodology/approach The method used is the analysis of privacy policies and other privacy documents found on the websites of national libraries. The analysis sample includes documents of 45 European national libraries, 28 out of those being national libraries of European Union (EU) Member States. The elements for this analysis are derived from the mandatory elements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the recommendations of the WP29/EDPB Transparency Guidelines. Findings The findings suggest that European national libraries largely adhere to EU data protection standards. In total, 60% libraries use a separate privacy page, and 53% of the EU Member State national libraries websites managed to comply with publishing all necessary data protection information in a way recommended by the Guidelines, compared to 47% of non-Member State national libraries. Originality/value The research contributes to the understanding of the importance of the principle of transparency and its operationalization.

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Data Protection in UK Library and Information Services: Are We Ready for GDPR?

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Text mining Mill: Computationally detecting influence in the writings of John Stuart Mill from library records

Text mining Mill: Computationally detecting influence in the writings of John Stuart Mill from library records

Information privacy culture in Croatian libraries

Application of the principle of transparency in processing of European national libraries patrons' personal data

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