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Can anyone point to any articles on libraries and data privacy. I've seen some posts on how many US libraries are careful about what data they hold against individuals. In particular not keeping the personal load history which obviously is now an issue in the US.
I'm in the UK and can see that my library is keeping my full loan history which I don't want them to do for the same reasons, I don't trust the government now and we're on the way to getting our own nazi government

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It looks like my library has again reduced offerings on Hoopla…it went from 6 borrows a month to 4 plus a daily global limit a while ago, and now my Wishlist only has 4 items left on it.

Luckily the ones that were deleted are also available on Kobo Plus, but it does reduce my access to indie authors unfortunately (I can’t even see my own books listed there anymore — my library might have decided to drop D2D-distributed books perhaps)

In our series "I am what I read", university staff reveal the that influenced their professional lives.

This time: Marjolein Nieboer, director of the University of Groningen Library, on women in . In 2010, Marjolein was appointed the first female director of our library.

➡️ Barbara van Balen en Agneta Fischer (1998), De universiteit als modern mannenklooster.

How did this book influence Marjolein?
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/library/i-am-what-i-read/series/marjolein-nieboer-de-universiteit-als-modern-mannenklooster