Learning Analytics and the Academic Library: Professional Ethics Commitments at a Crossroads

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Kyle M. L.; Salo, Dorothea
Titel	Learning Analytics and the Academic Library: Professional Ethics Commitments at a Crossroads
Quelle	In: College & Research Libraries, 79 (2018) 3, S.304-323 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0870
DOI	10.5860/crl.79.3.304
Schlagwörter	Academic Libraries; Ethics; Intellectual Freedom; Privacy; Confidentiality; Intellectual Property; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Data Processing; Information Management; Library Administration; Censorship; Advocacy; Moral Values; Governance; Information Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Ethik; Akademische Freiheit; Intellektuelle Unabhängigkeit; Privatsphäre; Geistiges Eigentum; Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Datenverarbeitung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Politische Zensur; Sozialanwaltschaft; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Informationspolitik
Abstract	In this paper, the authors address learning analytics and the ways academic libraries are beginning to participate in wider institutional learning analytics initiatives. Since there are moral issues associated with learning analytics, the authors consider how data mining practices run counter to ethical principles in the American Library Association's "Code of Ethics." Specifically, the authors address how learning analytics implicates professional commitments to promote intellectual freedom; protect patron privacy and confidentiality; and balance intellectual property interests between library users, their institution, and content creators and vendors. The authors recommend that librarians should embed their ethical positions in technological designs, practices, and governance mechanisms. (A list of notes is included.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01