[Web4lib] Library Website Privacy Statement

[Michelle Frisque]

The Galter Health Sciences Library website includes many  
customization features. When a user first logs into the site it is  
already customized for them based on the specialty interest they  
chose when they registered.  The specialty profile is created by  
library staff. If the user did not like the resources in the  
specialty profile they can customize the list by adding and deleting  
resources. This site was launched over four years ago and we are  
working on updating the customization features of our site. We want  
to offer more user based recommendations. For instance show users  
what other people in their specialty are including in their profiles  
or what other pages on our site people in a specialty are using. We  
also want to allow users to share resources and specialty profiles  
with their colleagues. We also want to have some remembering systems.  
If you always click on ILL article have that link appear in a  
quicklinks list on their customized home page. Our users will be able  
to opt out of these services. These additional features that we want  
to add in the future go against our current privacy policy so I have  
been asked to draft an updated policy for approval by Library  
Administration, the Library Committee, etc. Do any of you have a  
policy that you could share that I could use as a template or do you  
know of one that may be helpful.

Thanks,

Michelle


Michelle Frisque
Head, Information Systems
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern University
312.503.7074
mfrisque at northwestern.edu