<div><div dir="auto">I think the work all of you have done on this is great. You may not know that Kirsten has submitted a resolution to ALA Council similar to this statement. Guess we’ll see whether or not the resolution is approved but the ALA IFC and Intellectual Freedom office really seem to be on board with these concepts.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:22 AM Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney <<a href="mailto:kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org">kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy is fundamental to library ethics and intellectual
freedom. The Governor’s office has advised businesses and other establishments to consider collecting customer information to assist with contact tracing. However, the Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Oregon Library Association
Executive Board encourage libraries to adopt policies consistent with libraries’ core values and to avoid collecting this information. Collecting data for non-library purposes, including contact tracing, contradicts professional values and may damage the trusting
relationships patrons have with their community libraries. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Library Bill of Rights, adopted by the American Library
Association (ALA) in 1939 states that “[a]ll people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use.” Article III of the Library Code of Ethics, also adopted by ALA in 1939, specifies that
it is the library’s responsibility to “protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.” Further elaboration of these statements, provided
in ALA’s “Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” (Revised 2019), and “Privacy and Confidentiality: Library Core Values” (Revised 2017), emphasize the critical role that privacy and confidentiality play in protecting intellectual freedom.
The latter document affirms that “lack of privacy and confidentiality chills people’s choices, thereby suppressing access to ideas. The possibility of surveillance, whether direct or through access to records of speech, research and exploration, undermines
a democratic society.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Further, in relation specifically to contact tracing,
the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom states:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Collection and sharing of information about library users
for purposes other than the delivery of library resources, services, and programming — such as information collected for contact tracing — is inconsistent with that mission and may violate laws protecting user privacy if done without the full and informed
consent of the library user. In all cases, access to, and delivery of, library resources and services should not be conditioned on the user’s consent to the collection and use of their information for contact tracing or other purposes unrelated to library
service.” – from “</span><a href="https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/protecting-privacy-in-a-pandemic-resource-guide/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(149,79,114);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Protecting
Privacy in a Pandemic: A Resource Guide"</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (May
8, 2020)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Finally, libraries and their governing bodies should view
all potential policies and procedures through the lens of equity, and recognize that data collection creates disproportionate barriers for members of marginalized communities, and could erode hard-earned community trust.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Libraries can and should work with public health officials
to disseminate crucial information, modify practices to protect our patrons, and support the work of first responders. However, it is important that through this crisis we protect our patrons and maintain the trust of our community by continuing to uphold
our core library values. We recommend against collecting data for non-library purposes, including contact tracing.</span></p>
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