January 10, 2008

National Conversation on Privacy IFRT Task Force

Posted in Conference sessions at 4:38 pm by Nancy Kranich

Here’s an update on the National Conversation on Privacy IFRT task force. The task force continues to work on framing this conversation in conjunction with the Libraries Foster Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group of ALA. You can review our progress at http://privacyframing.wetpaint.com/.

Here are the 2008 Midwinter meetings:
Saturday, January 12, 10:30am-12:30pm
National Conversation on Privacy task force, Marriott, Room 411-412
Sunday, January 13, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Libraries Foster Civic Engagement MIG, PCC, room 305
We hope you can make one or both. Bring your colleagues!

Saturday Agenda

  1. Work to be done:
    1. Categories of people from whom we still need to hear.
    2. Wider geographical coverage.
    3. Monitor popular culture for beliefs & values around privacy.
    4. Identify research on privacy beliefs, values, behavior.
  2. Script for interviewing people http://privacyframing.wetpaint.com/page/script+for+focus+groups
  3. Wetpaint wiki http://privacyframing.wetpaint.com/ instructions for joining Discussion Forum - http://privacyframing.wetpaint.com/page/Privacy+Forum/thread.
  4. Timeline:
    1. gather concerns,
    2. cluster concerns and frame question,
    3. develop 3+ approaches,
    4. draft deliberation guide
    5. deliberation at IFRT pre-conference, Chicago. July 9–15, 2009?
  5. How to publicize this project more widely in ALA?

Sunday
Guest presenter: Kenny Holdsman is Senior Program Officer and Director of Youth Civic and Political Engagement at the Academy for Educational Development, a global social change organization based in Washington D.C. and New York City. Among his responsibilities at AED, Kenny and a group of diverse colleagues manage several national initiatives including the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Youth Innovation Fund, the National Service-Learning Partnership, the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, and the Youth Media Reporter. At the core of this work is a strongly held belief that young people, particular those from under-represented and disempowered communities, must be given opportunities for greater voice, visibility and value in their schools and communities.
Also: Updates on Library Civic Engagement Activities around the Country