Privacy 2.0: A Paramount Concern

We're invited to consider the role and value of privacy for those who navigate within a Web 2.0 world, and especially for those who would cast libraries within that world. Whether we act as navigational guides or content providers, library staffers must grapple (perhaps even more intently than the customers we serve) with the often chimeric notion of privacy. Most of us have a rather coarse sense of privacy--we know it when we've got it, and we know it when it's gone.

To get a fuller, more useful sense of the Big P--privacy, that is--there are questions worth asking. What is it? Where is it? What is it good for? How much can I spare? How much do I need? Can I get it back if I give it up?

A strong Library 2.0 program might address the notion of privacy right from the git-go. A careful consideration of privacy deserves equal marquee space with a review of the habits of the successful mature learner. Privacy assessment is intrinsic to the process of self-directed learning within a Web 2.0 milieu.