From knox at illinois.edu Fri Dec 2 13:40:06 2016 From: knox at illinois.edu (Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:40:06 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] Information Ethics Roundtable 2017 - 2nd Call for Proposals Message-ID: 2nd Call for Proposals Data & Ethics Information Ethics Roundtable 2017 April 21-22 School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Proposals Due: January 2, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2017 ier2017.wordpress.com In our knowledge society, our networked selves continually create and are created through data. In light of the ubiquity of data in the contemporary world, the ethical creation, dissemination, use, and storage of data continues to be an area of concern. The focus of the 2017 roundtable will be on all aspects of data (writ large) and ethics. The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference which brings together researchers from disciplines such as philosophy, information science, communications, public administration, anthropology and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy, intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship. Suggested areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to: * The primacy of data over the individual * Reinforcement of personal preferences through surveillance of personal data * Responsibilities and ethical obligations for data curation and sharing * Privacy and surveillance (including the NSA disclosures) * "Big Data" research and the ethical treatment of human subjects * Moral implications of the Quantified Self * Ethics in data science instruction/pedagogy * Social justice and data collection We invite both individual and group proposals: (1) For individual paper proposals, please submit a 500-word abstract of your paper. (2) For panel, fishbowl, or group proposals, please identify participants with a 100-250 word biography and submit a 1500 word abstract of your topic and treatment. Proposals should be sent to ier2017-ischool at illinois.edu. Deadline for Proposals: January 2nd, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: Monday, January 30, 2017 Conference Dates: April 21-22, 2016 Conference Organizing Committee: Emily J.M. Knox, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Emily Lawrence, Doctoral Student, University of Illinois Shannon M. Oltmann, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky Allen Renear, Dean and Professor, University of Illinois Sponsors: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois Informatics Institute National Center for Professional and Research Ethics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emily Knox, PhD, MSLIS Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St., MC-493 Champaign, IL 61820 217-300-0212 knox at illinois.edu http://www.emilyknox.net Book Banning in 21st Century America -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From knox at illinois.edu Wed Dec 7 12:36:51 2016 From: knox at illinois.edu (Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:36:51 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] Request to Review ASIS&T Professional Guidelines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, everyone, Thank you for your comments so far. Please take a look at the section on Responsibility to Society (below or on the Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bkEGeBs1w9GVzPOq4C99__Y8nl5iTUIsrux2Wy4RAU/edit). I have attempted to resolve the comments and would like feedback. If you have extensive edits, email them to me at knox at illinois.edu. Thank you, Emily Responsibility to Society To improve the information systems with which they work or which they represent, to the best of their means and abilities by * increasing information literacy * providing the most reliable and accurate information and acknowledging the credibility of the sources as known or unknown * resisting all forms of censorship, inappropriate selection and acquisitions policies, and biases in information selection, provision, and dissemination * making known any biases, errors, and inaccuracies found to exist and striving to correct those which can be remedied * considering the ethical implications of information gathering, storage, sharing, and use. To promote open and equal access to information, within the scope permitted by their organizations or work, and to resist procedures that promote unlawful discriminatory practices in access to and provision of information, by * seeking to extend public awareness and appreciation of information availability and provision as well as the role of information professionals in providing such information * educating the public on how information systems operate * freely reporting, publishing, or disseminating information, subject to legal and proprietary restraints of producers, vendors, and employers, and the best interests of their employers or clients. Information professionals shall engage in principled conduct whether on their own behalf or at the request of employers, colleagues, clients, agencies, or the profession. ________________________________ From: Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 11:31 AM To: Sigifp-l at asis.org Subject: Request to Review ASIS&T Professional Guidelines Dear SIG IEP members, The ASIS&T board is reviewing the current professional guidelines and has asked us to be a part of the process. Please enter your comments here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bkEGeBs1w9GVzPOq4C99__Y8nl5iTUIsrux2Wy4RAU/edit Please complete your responses/suggestions for edits by Friday, December 4. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Emily Emily J.M. Knox, PhD, MSLIS Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel Street, MC-493 Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 300-0212 knox at ilinois.edu www.emilyknox.net Book Banning in 21st Century America triggerwarningsbook.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zimmerm at uwm.edu Fri Dec 9 08:06:15 2016 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael T Zimmer) Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:06:15 -0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] =?utf-8?b?Q2FsbCBmb3IgUGFwZXJzOiDigJxQcml2YWN54oCdIElz?= =?utf-8?q?sue_of_Journal_of_Intellectual_Freedom_and_Privacy_=28Spring_20?= =?utf-8?b?MTcp?= Message-ID: <90E42B8E-05E8-42CE-8A58-80A9DD35B997@uwm.edu> Colleagues: I am the guest editor for the Spring 2017 issue of the American Library Association?s Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP). The issue?s theme is ?Privacy,? and its publication will (roughly) coincide with Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7, 2017). Please distribute this CFP to anyone interested. Michael === Call for Papers: ?Privacy? Issue of Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (Spring 2017) Special Editor: Michael Zimmer, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Traditionally, the context of the library brings with it specific norms of information flow regarding patron activity, including a professional commitment to patron privacy. In the library setting, a patron?s intellectual activities are protected by decades of established norms and practices intended to preserve patron privacy and confidentiality, most stemming from the ALA?s Library Bill of Rights and related interpretations. As a matter of professional ethics, most libraries protect patron privacy by engaging in limited tracking of user activities, instituting short-term data retention policies, and generally enabling the anonymous browsing of materials. These are the existing privacy norms within the library context, and the cornerstone of what makes up the ?librarian ethic.? However, these norms are being increasingly challenged from numerous fronts: law enforcement and government agencies continuously pressure libraries to turn over data on patron activities; Library 2.0 and related cloud-based tools and services promise to improve the delivery of library services and enhance patron activities, yet require the tracking, collecting, and retaining of data about patron activities; and given the dominance of social media ? where individuals increasingly share personal information on platforms with porous and shifting boundaries ? librarians and other information professions are confronted with possible shifts in the social norms about privacy. In the face of these challenges, we are forced to confront the role of patron privacy as a centerpiece of librarian ethics. The American Library Association?s Library Bill of Rights begins with the premise that everyone is entitled to freedom of access, freedom to read texts and view images, and freedom of thought and expression, and the ALA has repeatedly confirmed the importance of patron privacy as a necessary ingredient in preserving intellectual freedom. Yet, the increased integration of social media and cloud computing in libraries, combined with the increasing demands of law enforcement, has the potential to disrupt longstanding ethical norms within librarianship dedicated to protecting patron privacy. With this special issue of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (https://journals.ala.org/jifp/index), we seek contributions that explore issues of privacy relevant to libraries and information professions in our current environment. Topics might include: * foundations of privacy and intellectual freedom in libraries * privacy attitudes among patrons and/or information professionals * intellectual privacy * patron privacy and library technology * privacy literacy and education * privacy advocacy and interventions * youth/student privacy in libraries * technological approaches for protecting patron privacy * privacy law and regulation * global privacy perspectives We welcome two types of contributions: * Research Articles: Original, rigorous work of an empirical, experimental, ethnographic, conceptual, historical, socio-technical, policy-analytic, legal, or critical-theoretical nature. Research articles should be 5000-8000 words, references included. * Commentaries: Shorter essays, think pieces, or general commentary on topical issues, controversies and emerging questions for the field will be published by invitation. Commentaries should be 800-1000 words, references included. Timeline * Submissions Due: January 13, 2017 * Peer Review Feedback: February 15, 2017 * Final Submissions Due: March 15, 2017 * Issue Appears: Spring 2017 (roughly timed with Choose Privacy Week: https://chooseprivacyweek.org/) Logistics * All submissions should be emailed as MS-Word documents directly to zimmerm at uwm.edu * Manuscripts should be formatted in Chicago Manual of Style * Research articles will undergo double-blind peer review, and commentaries will be reviewed by the editor. -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference which brings together researchers from disciplines such as philosophy, information science, communications, public administration, anthropology and law to discuss ethical issues such as information privacy, intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship. Suggested areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to: ? The primacy of data over the individual ? Reinforcement of personal preferences through surveillance of personal data ? Responsibilities and ethical obligations for data curation and sharing ? Privacy and surveillance (including the NSA disclosures) ? ?Big Data? research and the ethical treatment of human subjects ? Moral implications of the Quantified Self ? Ethics in data science instruction/pedagogy ? Social justice and data collection We invite both individual and group proposals: (1) For individual paper proposals, please submit a 500-word abstract of your paper. (2) For panel, fishbowl, or group proposals, please identify participants with a 100-250 word biography and submit a 1500 word abstract of your topic and treatment. Proposals should be sent to ier2017-ischool at illinois.edu. Deadline for Proposals: January 2nd, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: Monday, January 30, 2017 Conference Dates: April 21-22, 2016 Conference Organizing Committee: Emily J.M. Knox, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Emily Lawrence, Doctoral Student, University of Illinois Shannon M. Oltmann, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky Allen Renear, Dean and Professor, University of Illinois Sponsors: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois Informatics Institute National Center for Professional and Research Ethics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emily Knox, Ph.D., MSLIS Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St., MC-493 Champaign, IL 61820 217-300-0212 knox at illinois.edu http://www.emilyknox.net Book Banning in 21st Century America -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: