CFP: Special Issue of the
Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (LIS Perspectives on Privacy and Information Management)
Suggested title: LIS Perspectives on Privacy and Information Management
Guest editors: Jacquelyn Burkell and Alexandre Fortier
Proposed aim and scope:
Information
professionals have the difficult task of managing information and
supporting others to do the same in an increasingly complex environment
where issues of information protection,
control, and ownership are of paramount importance. These issues
present challenges to the practice of information professionals: for
example, how can libraries adequately protect the privacy of patron
information? They also invite a discussion of the role
of information professionals in public education and literacy: should
information professionals be responsible for public education on issues
such as privacy, intellectual property, and copyright? This special
issue focuses on the role of information professionals
with respect to these aspects of information management. We are seeking
submissions that address these issues, examining questions including
(but not limited to):
1)
Among
information professionals, what is the state of knowledge regarding
information protection, control and ownership? What do information
professionals know and
need to know about issues such as privacy and information management?
What training do we offer, and what
should we offer, to information professionals with respect to these issues?
2)
How
are information professionals responding to the policy issues that
arise with respect to privacy and information management? How are these
issues affecting service
delivery? What policies are being developed, and what are the
challenges to effective policy responses?
3)
What
is the role of information professionals in helping people to become
more literate and able to respond to privacy and information management
challenges? What programs
are being developed? Are interventions effective?
Proposed timeline:
Deadline for submission: March 15, 2014
