New Services vs. Patron Privacy

A November 20, 2005 article in the New York Times discusses new library services based on the data collection techniques of Amazon.com and others.  The North Carolina State University library will soon unveil a feature that allows patrons to set up personal webpages containing their favorite electronic library resources and alert services for their favorite databases and journals.  The article discusses the struggle between keeping patron information private and releasing new technologies driven by that private patron information.  A link to the article is available here:  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?p=1807&more=1

Lee Peoples, Oklahoma City University Law Library