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Fourteen Reasons Privacy Matters: A Multidiscipinary Review Of Scholarly Literature, Trina J. Magi
Fourteen Reasons Privacy Matters: A Multidiscipinary Review Of Scholarly Literature, Trina J. Magi
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Librarians have long recognized the importance of privacy to intellectual freedom. As digital technology and its applications advance, however, efforts to protect privacy may become increasingly difficult. With some users behaving in ways that suggest they do not care about privacy and with powerful voices claiming that privacy is dead, librarians may question whether privacy is worth protecting. This article reviews some of the extensive scholarly literature on privacy from disciplines outside the field of library science, including anthropology, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology, and it identifies fourteen reasons privacy matters to individuals, relationships, and to society. It …
Information Rx As Patient-Physician Communication Tool And Community Health Information Program, Marianne Burke, Peggy Carey, Fred Pond, Laura Haines, Alan Lampson
Information Rx As Patient-Physician Communication Tool And Community Health Information Program, Marianne Burke, Peggy Carey, Fred Pond, Laura Haines, Alan Lampson
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Patient education, communication and empowerment are critical aspects of management of chronic conditions. Patient involvement and education is encouraged as part of patient safety goals, but, physicians have little time for discussion and a handout collection for all conditions is hard to maintain. On the other hand, Americans of all ages, genders, and groups are seeking and finding health information on the Internet. Though effective for many, problems include ineffective searching, unreliable sources, and prevalence of commercial interests. The Information Prescription Program (Information Rx) developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) Foundation …
Enhancing Women's Studies Action Research Projects Through Technology, Lucretia Mcculley
Enhancing Women's Studies Action Research Projects Through Technology, Lucretia Mcculley
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
This article describes how library and Internet technology enhanced an action research assignment in a unique women’s studies program, Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL), at the University of Richmond. The Women’s Studies Liaison Librarian and the Director of the WILL Program collaborated to provide a meaningful assignment that incorporated the use of online databases and the Internet. The main objective of the assignment was to provide a research opportunity whereby the students would learn to use electronic women’s studies resources and actually utilize the information into some type of social action, such as writing a letter, volunteering in …
Feminist Empowerment Through The Internet, Lucretia Mcculley, Patricia Patterson
Feminist Empowerment Through The Internet, Lucretia Mcculley, Patricia Patterson
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
The University of Richmond's upper division Political Science course, "Women and Power in American Politics," has several ambitions. Among these is an exploration of the power of information technology to foster political research by and about women and to advance feminist political aims.