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Four Facets of Privacy and Intellectual Freedom in Licensing Contracts for Electronic Journals

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This is a study of the treatment of library patron privacy in licenses for electronic journals in academic libraries. We begin by distinguishing four facets of privacy and intellectual freedom based on the LIS and philosophical literature. Next, we perform a content analysis of 42 license agreements for electronic journals, focusing on terms for enforcing authorized use and collection and sharing of user data. We compare our findings to model licenses, to recommendations proposed in a recent treatise on licenses, and to our account of the four facets of intellectual freedom. We find important conflicts with each.

Source: College & Research Libraries

DOI: 10.5860/crl.76.4.427

Authors: Alan Rubel, Mei Zhang

Institutions: University of Wisconsin System, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Law, Rights, and Freedoms

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2147262130

FWCI: 22.37

Cites: 34

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10