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ital-10973	San Nicolas-Rocca, Tonia; Burkhard, Richard J	Information Security in Libraries	2019-06-17	14	.pdf	application/pdf	5671	219	27	The American Library Association (ALA) affirms the ethical imperative to provide unrestricted access to information and to guard against impediments to open inquiry.2 Further, in all areas of librarianship, best practice leaves the library user in control of as many choices as possible.3 In a library, the right to privacy is the right to open inquiry without having the subject of one’s interest examined or scrutinized by others.4 Many library resources require the use of a library card. In response, the ALA developed a policy concerning the confidentiality of PII about library users.5 Confidentiality extends to “information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted,” and includes, but is not limited to, database search records, reference interviews, circulation records, interlibrary loan records, and other personally identifiable uses of library materials, facilities, or services.6 In more recent years, the ALA has further specified that the right of patrons to privacy applies to any information that can link “choices of taste, interest, or research with an individual.”7	cache/ital-10973.pdf	txt/ital-10973.txt