Abstract
This visual presentation will take the format of a poster, displaying the preliminary results of a study into acceptable use policies (AUPs) in UK public libraries. This study seeks to understand how surveillance is used in the public library and if surveillance is used in a caring or controlling way. This research used discourse analysis to analyse the content of 200 acceptable use policies in the UK. Results indicate that libraries use both caring and controlling surveillance, with more instances of controlling surveillance being found, and that there appears to be tension between the usage of caring and controlling surveillance in public libraries in the UK.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 790-791 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 24 Oct 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- acceptable use policy
- discourse analysis
- privacy
- public libraries
- surveillance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
- Library and Information Sciences
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