social software

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social software intellectual freedom

• librarian.net/talks/mla2009

Massachusetts Library Association 08may09
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Social what?
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Why so popular?
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How so popular?
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That guy?
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the spying problem
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intellectual freedom

• "Intellectual freedom is the right of every
  individual to both seek and receive information
  from all points of view without restriction. It
  provides for free access to all expressions of
  ideas through which any and all sides of a
  question, cause or movement may be explored."

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who is on top?

• Have you even heard of
• most of these sites?

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who are we talking about?
library patrons
library employees
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shallow or deep?
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horror stories
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what we do now
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why we care
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why were careful
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cat/bag
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do you know where I live?
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whats our legal footing?
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sample
"Example Library may collect Personally
Identifiable Information through online forms,
such as forms to register, order, contact us,
sign up for a Newsletter, or the like, through
your user profile or through your posts in blogs,
on a bulletin board or on a comparable experience
space on Example Library's web site."
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3 data types

• personal
• relational/transactional
• behavioral

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getting a policy

• take your users experience into consideration
• we allow vs. we disallow
• moderation is okay and doesnt make you a censor
• responsive good reactive bad

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Thank you!
questions?

• librarian.net/talks/mla2009