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What’s More Important -- Computers or the Information They Store?
I went to an hour long presentation at Aspiration Tech on Wednesday night, where Allen “Gunner” Gunn talked about the potential pitfalls of hosting your data online. However, he used this subject as a...
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Lisa Prolman at Greenfield Public Library, MA
Last week I interviewed Lisa Prolman, assistant director at the Greenfield Public Library in western Massachusetts.Lisa provided an amazing amount of information on a huge range of subjects.A...
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Let's talk about tablets!
At TechSoup for Libraries, we collect stories and information from libraries and then share! We exist to help libraries learn from the experiences of others. We're currently working on an article...
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Teaching Internet Safety to the Public: It’s Easier than you Think!
The issue of Internet safety is arguably one of the most important skills to address in basic digital literacy instruction. At the same time, it can be a difficult topic to teach for many reasons. We...
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Your Top 10 Tech Topics
This post was originally published on the TechSoup blog. As our fiscal year comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on what resonated with our members this year. While some issues, such as Internet...
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5 Questions You Might Have About Keeping Your Library’s Technology Secure
Patron data. Connected devices. Open Wi-Fi. Public access computers. You may not realize it, but your library is a gold mine for hackers, malware, and other security threats.To help you keep your...
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10 Tips for Protecting Your Online Privacy and Identity
These tips from the Internet Society not only can help all of us as individual consumers, but they're also useful for your library's basic computer or tech skills classes. This blog was originally...
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The Best Online Safety Resources for YOUR Organization
This blog originally appeared on the TechSoup blog. We wanted to share it with our library audience because there's a special section on teaching privacy to library patrons as well as a section on...
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10 Tips for Protecting Your Online Privacy and Identity
These tips from the Internet Society not only can help all of us as individual consumers, but they're also useful for your library's basic computer or tech skills classes. This blog was originally...
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Expert Tips for Protecting Patron Privacy
Patron privacy is an ongoing issue in the library world. In the modern library, data collection is a reality, and customer information is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, data collection allows...
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Internet Safety for Children: What Charities and Libraries Should Know
We want to tell everyone about a new guide by MoneySavingPro that came out recently on child Internet safety. The guide includes online safety tips for children less than five years of age all the way...
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Protecting Patron Privacy in Public Libraries
Patron privacy is of critical importance to libraries and should be a foundational principle guiding library policy and practice. It is included in the American Library Association's Code of Ethics and...
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Library Tech Trends for 2018
What's in store for library tech for 2018? We have lots of important and just plain fun predictions for you, including makerspace programming suggestions, why the printed book will survive another...
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Patron Privacy and Self-Checkout Machines
Does your library have a self-checkout? It seems like a simple question, but the ramifications are deep. After the Patriot Act was passed, libraries pushed back against government surveillance by...
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Your Copiers Are Storing Confidential Patron Information. What You Can Do...
Patrons copy or print all kinds of things at the library. Many do not contain sensitive data, but some probably do: birth certificates, ID cards, medical records, or banking information. Modern digital...
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State-of-the-Art Ways to Create a Secure Password
Editor's IntroductionWe've seen so many articles about passwords and so many of them talk about much the same things — essentially to make your passwords long and strong. We loved Jack Foster's...
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