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Privacy Working Group
Archive - Historical Material
Responsibilities
- To monitor and assess issues and relevant developments in the area of privacy and confidentiality of library services, provide watching briefs and keep the Committee informed
- To determine priorities of the work of the Working Group
- To provide updates on the activities of other international groups working on privacy issues (e.g. FID, ICA, EBLIDA, etc.)
- To liaise with other IFLA sections and roundtables addressing privacy issues, as appropriate
- To prepare draft position papers/statements, which can be circulated to the wider committee membership and adopted by the CLM on approval;
Immediate Priorities as of September 1998
- Identify those countries having policies regarding confidentiality of library services and review these policies
- Examine the impact of Electronic Copyright Management Systems (ECMS) on privacy and liaise with the Copyright Working Group in looking at other issues related to ECMS
Operating Procedures
The Working Group will
- select a leader from amongst its members
- work using e-mail, fax and teleconferencing as needed
- keep Chair of CLM and Secretariat (Graham Cornish) informed on a regular basis of activities of the Working Group
Membership
- Minimum 2, maximum 4 members, to sit for a term of one year (renewable)
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