OCLC Is the Library Open? Symposium 2007

OCLC Is the Library Open? OCLC Symposium June 22, 2007 Cathy De Rosa Vice President for the Americas Vice President Global Marketing

OCLC “To continue to be vital to society, libraries must adopt new objectives. In particular, they must strive to participate with individuals in their cultural activities; passive, depersonalized service is no longer enough. Developments in modern, information-based society are forcing onto libraries this new objective of furnishing an individual with information when and where he wants it.” Frederick G. Kilgour, “Evolving, Computerizing, Personalizing,” 1972

OCLC  Sharing in our networked world  Privacy and trust  Copyright  Common practices  Uncommon practices … and your views! Our open agenda…

OCLC “I think people are still very much up in the air about what privacy should denote and what it does…” “There is need for balance.” “We’re at the point where eight-year-olds can post on MySpace without a problem, and 88-year-olds can, too…that’s kind of a nice thing.” Information Professionals – 2007

OCLC Siva Vaidhyanathan Mary MinowMarc Rotenberg

OCLC On privacy Your views…

OCLC How would you rate the privacy of the Internet compared to two years ago? 1.My information is kept more private than 2 years ago 2.My information is kept less private than 2 years ago 3.No change 4.Not sure

OCLC Exploring social participation, privacy and trust on the Internet and how these cultural changes will impact libraries 6,545 respondents in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States Ages 14 to 84 U.S. library directors

OCLC How would you rate the privacy of the Internet compared to two years ago? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Kept more private Kept less private No change in privacy Not sure Total General PublicTotal U.S. Library Directors

OCLC How private do you feel your activity is while using search engines? 1.Extremely private 2.Very private 3.Private 4.Somewhat private 5.Not at all private 6.Who cares?

OCLC How private do you feel your activity is while using search engines? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Extremely private Very private PrivateSomewhat private Not at all private Who cares? Total General PublicTotal U.S. Library Directors

OCLC How private do you feel your activity is while using a library Web site? 1.Extremely private 2.Very private 3.Private 4.Somewhat private 5.Not at all private 6.Not sure

OCLC How private do you feel your activity is while using a library Web site? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Extremely private Very private PrivateSomewhat private Not at all private Not sure Total General PublicTotal U.S. Library Directors

OCLC How private do you feel your activity is while using a library Web site? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Extremely private Very private PrivateSomewhat private Not at all private Not sure Public – library sitesPublic – search engines

OCLC Siva Vaidhyanathan Mary Minow Marc Rotenberg