SPARC | Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices

Produced in collaboration with Becky Yoose of LDH Consulting Services, SPARC’s Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices Series documents vendor data privacy practices that directly conflict with library privacy standards. There are currently two reports in the series, one focused on ScienceDirect and the other on SpringerLink.

While these reports raises serious cause for concern, libraries still have the power to shift the marketplace to once again reflect librarianship’s commitment to patron privacy. Concerted action can greatly impact the future, so each report closes with suggested actions that libraries can take over both the short and long term to address vendor privacy risks.

Contributor: Marisol Moreno Ortiz, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Clark College Libraries.